INTRODUCTION
From the beginning, the mercy of God has been on man but man rejected this mercy of God because of his in-gratitude and evil works. Man always repays God's mercy with these evil behaviors. From the foundation of the earth, we see how God showers His love on man.
The book of the beginning known as Genesis shows us how God created the light and how the light shines and the darkness cannot comprehend it.
TEXUAL SOURCE
Exd 34:4-6 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
other texts John 1, Gen 1 & 2
EXPOSITION
The Bible made us to understand how the water covered the earth and how God commanded the water to be in one place making the dry land to appear. Inside God's heart, we see that He had a definite purpose for what will be living on the land that came from the separation of the waters.
This is the plan of God, His love and Mercy to the generations of people pon the face of the earth
Man was created in the image of God not in the image of animals. Ivwe examine this, we will understand that it beats himan imagination; man believes that the first creation should supercede but God made the last creation to have dominoin. God does not see as man sees.
REASONS WHY GOD MADE MAN TO HAVE DOMINION
Overall things are as follows:
- Man was created in the likeness of God.
- There is the life of Of in man which is not in any of the animals.
- God loves man
- It is man that God gives the inspiration, wisdom, understanding, knowledge just like God to dominate all thing. If other animals had that kind of wisdom, they could have waged war against man protesting that man should stop eating them. The animals could have won the war because they are more in number than man.
- The mer of God is upon the human race, this is clear in that if one man kills another, God will ask of his blood. Gen 4:9-10 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
The above five points are some of the reasons why God gave man Dominion over all His works. All the created things were created for the benefit and the use of man. The first place where the mercy of God on man is seen is that man met with the favor of God by being given wisdom to name all creatures in the air, and those walking and creeping on the earth Gen 2:19 & 20, and also this wisdom was given to Adam who was man to sleep deeply as one of his ribs was removed to create the woman. When he woke up, he knew that a rb had been removed to create the woman. What a grace to share in the knowledge of God
WHY DID GOD BLESS THE MAN
- Man is created in God's image: If we say that man is in the image of God, we are not referring to physical qualities like hands, mouths, head and so on. M
- God loves man: Just let Ike the earthly fathers love their children that look like them, they want to satisfy their children with everything. The earthly father will not want his children to suffer in any way.
- God wants Man to multiply: It is the will of God that man meets with his wife in other to give birth to an offspring after his kind so that God's blessings on them can be fulfilled.
- God wants Man to be established: It is God's will that man multiplies and spreads thoughout the earth. All the efforts of the people of ancient time to build the tower of Babel in which they will dwell together and not scatter abroad according to the will of God failed Gen 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
What a wonderful God we have. His Mercy on us is limitness.
He love us and He will continue to love us
Remember that by His mercy we were redeemed. Open up and devote your time to knowing Him more
Thanks for reading to this end.
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