In The Image Of God

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."  Genesis 1:27.  That which is created comes from nothing making certain the divine sovereignty of God.  Without God there is no creation.  Man, therefore, is the handiwork of a Creator.  God took the dust which He had created and made man.  Man was created in the likeness of God.  No other creature of creation was created in God's likeness.  So man is superior to all the rest of creation. Man has a soul which is that eternal part of man.  The body of man will return to the dust from which it was taken, but the soul will not cease to be.  As God will always be, so man will always be.  Man was also created with knowledge and understanding.  Man was also created in the righteousness and holiness of God until the fall.  Special to the creation was male and female.  Marriage was to occur and the race was to be reproduced.  So in the very beginning, God puts forth His plan for the continuance of His creation.  As the image of God, we are to honor and please God in all things.