Question 4: How and why did God create us?

Answer: God created us, male and female, in His own image to know him, love Him, live with Him, and glorify Him. And it is right that we who were created by God should live to His glory.

Kids Answer: God created us, male and female, in His own image to glorify Him.

Key Scripture: Genesis 1:27

Additional Scripture: James 2:1–7

Because every person is created in the image of God, every life, from the moment of conception to the moment death, has infinite worth and value. As image bearers, mankind is unique from all other parts of creation. We are also created with purpose and that purpose is found in God Himself. Not only is it right that we should find ourselves in God, but it is only in God that we will find true joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment.

Questions to ask: (To help process the truth we learned. Ask yourself, a

friend, your group, or your family questions to talk through it together)

• What does it mean to be created in the image of God?

How does this distinguish us from the rest of creation?

• How do we glorify God as image bearers?

• Of what importance is it that both male and female equally

bear the image of God?

• How do the four purposes (knowing Him, loving Him, living with

Him, and glorifying Him) affect our life?