Who Is Man

God’s creation

Genesis 5:1 

This is the written account of Adam's line. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.

Dust of the ground

Genesis 2:7 

The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

God’s image

Genesis 1:27 

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Created for God

Isaiah 43:7 

Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

Made upright

Ecclesiastes 7:29 

This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes.”

Ruler of creation

Psalms 8:6 

You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:

Lower than angels

Hebrews 2:7 

You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor

1 Thessalonians 5:23 

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.