Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 4 | DOING JUSTICE AND LOVING MERCY: LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN / 459

5. See every person and every opportunity to care for them through the lens of each person sharing in God’s unmatched, unique, and irreplaceable imago Dei .

a. To see a human being is to see something infinitely precious.

b. To see a broken human being is to see the Lord Jesus himself, Matt. 25.34-40.

Conclusion • A biblical understanding of the imago Dei in human beings grounds and informs our commitment to love, cherish, and protect human beings, wherever we find them and whatever their lot. • Every person is worthy of care because they share in God’s unmatched, unique, and irreplaceable imago Dei . The following questions were designed to help you review the material in the video. In this lesson we saw how the ground and basis for our executing justice and demonstrating mercy among the poor in the city is our commitment to the biblical affirmation of the imago Dei in every boy, girl, woman, and man. Every human being, regardless or race, background, or culture, is worthy of our care because they share in God’s unmatched, unique, and irreplaceable imago Dei . Each human person and all human groups are unique and precious. Each are bearers of the imago Dei and are to be considered as precious and irreplaceable. Explore these concepts through the questions below, and support your own arguments with Scripture. 1. What is the definition of the “image of God” ( imago Dei ) given in the lesson? In what ways is this affirmation of the image of God in human beings both a unique affirmation as well as a special one? 2. Do the Scriptures offer us an explicit definition of the image of God mentioned in Genesis 1 in humankind? What are some of the traits mentioned of God that we know human beings to also share?

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