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In Matthew 13, Jesus taught this parable: "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground and immediately they sprang up. But the sun scorched them and they withered since they had no root. Other seeds fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked them. "But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." The disciples asked Him the meaning of the parable, so Jesus said, "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. "As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself. He endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he falls away." "As for what was sown among th...

In Genesis 1:26-27, God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over" all the earth. "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." What does it mean to be made in the image and likeness of God? Often this is interpreted to mean that we look like God. Surely you've seen paintings of God as an old man even wearing clothes. But Numbers 23:19 says, "God is not man," and Jesus said in John 4:24, "God is spirit." So God has no human or even physical form. Rather, to be made in the likeness of God means that we are like God, in the sense that we are relational beings as God is. We've also been given dominion as God has dominion, to fill the earth and subdue it. Most of all, being made in the image of God means that we are to reflect His holy and righteous character. Animals cannot make moral decisions. It is for men and women to gl...