MEN WHO BORE GOD’S IMAGE

 

MEN WHO BORE GOD’S IMAGE

Passage: Genesis 5:1-32

Key verse: 24

 

1. In God’s image (1-17)

Genesis 5:1-2 restate that God created man in his image and that God blessed

mankind. The lineage of Adam through Seth’s descendants follows. Though Adam

sinned and Cain rejected God, God’s salvation plan was not thwarted. God’s

image was still in mankind. Seth bore the image of God and passed on a quiet,

yet powerful, inheritance to his descendants. Among them was a stream of faithful

men who kept the image of God.

 

2. Enoch walked with God (18-32)

Among Seth’s descendants was Enoch, who “walked with God” (24). These

words imply his personal faith and struggle to please God in an increasingly

ungodly world. Enoch is noted as a hero of faith (Heb 11:5) and as a preacher of

judgment (Jude 14-15). God took him to heaven, and he did not experience death.

In Seth’s line, there is also another man named Lamech. In a cursed world, he did

not despair, but put his hope in God and named his son, “Noah,” which means

comfort.

 

Prayer Lord, please help me to have faith to walk with you and put my hope in

you.

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