Sermon Outline:
- Christ remakes us according to the design which God declared to be very good
- Repentance is an embrace of God’s original design
- For now we hold this treasure in jars of clay
- One day the redeemed will glorify and enjoy God on this earth with bodies perfectly suited to do so.
Family Discussion Questions:
- What is the goal given by God to each human?
- What does it mean that we are to glorify God by having dominion over creation and submitting to Him?
- Can you explain or give examples for how holiness is to regard God according to what He has said about His identity?
- Can you explain or give examples for how holiness is to regard yourself according to what God has said about your identity?
- Can you explain or give examples for how holiness is to regard other humans according to what God has said about their identities?
- Christians have the glory of being new creations even now; what is meant by the statement that we have this glory in jars of clay right now? (Two main ways).