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0:00 Okay, today we're thinking about the first ones and where God creates them in his own image. So in Genesis chapter 1 starting at verse 26 it says, then God said, let us make man in our image after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over

0:30 every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. And God blessed them and God said to them, be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. I'm here with Carol Forrest and Brian Carlson maybe heard of him.

1:01 I like asking them what they think about scriptures. They have interesting questions. So guys this like story of God creating humanity in his own image. What does it make you think of? This part of scripture is always really loaded for me. There's like a lot of things to think about. I think mostly I like to think about what was and still is in his image.

1:37 What does that mean? Like does God have a body or do they like imagine a body? Do they imagine anxiety? Like do they imagine like our thoughts? What like what part of us is the image of God? And I don't know if we can I don't know if there's an answer. But I like to I feel like we can compare it to like the other things God's made like

2:10 nature like the strong deep roots of trees, the beautiful colors of the leaves, the different flowers that bloom and how they procreate and the seeds and the growth and the death and just like the enjoyment of the beauty of it is part of it just to be enjoyed. You're saying like like you sometimes understand the image of God in us in the similar way that

2:44 you can see characteristics of God in nature is that what you're saying? Yeah. Yeah. So like the things he's created. Yeah that's cool. And it's like you that speak to God. Whether it's your creativity or your compassion or like that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like even how animals move like there's several things that God created that are still around. Sure. So that but the human part is different. We're much different than creation.

3:16 There's more remnants of God in us than the tree or something. Yeah there's a relationship and yeah. So that's what I think is cool. Spitball in here. Brank cannot be held accountable. I think you know back at the time where there were many gods right like right now we're not like worshiping the rocks and the sun but did they believe that they gods made people

3:49 and then if they did would that sun God make more suns in its image because it seems kind of brave to be like I'm going to create you in my image and I'm perfect and pure and holy. God has a lot of security in himself. I guess like. Oh yeah. Like he's not intimidated or worried to bring about people that carry his own image. Yeah.

4:20 Yeah. That's you know and even like when I had kids like there's things about them that they inherited that I really like from me. Yeah. And there's other things that I'm like you know what I wish that one gene had to pass on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. God doesn't create out of any need or lack but out of genuine love for what he brings

4:57 forth and so I think like pulling together the things that you're both are saying like God creates with intent each of us and I like decided a while ago I'd rather live in a world where God made me on purpose than one where I happened by accident. This is better for me. So, so I'm sick. So I can do it with it. Yes. And in his image is fantastic. Yeah. Yep.

5:27 Yeah. Agreed. Mm hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.