What makes something sacred? Why do Christians think of human life as sacred? The word “sacred” means to be set apart from everything else for a specific purpose. From all that God created in the entire universe we believe that human beings are set apart from everything else, for a unique purpose.
Prior to the flood we read that “the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.” The word “violence” used in the opening chapters of Genesis in contrast to God’s creativeness. Man, in his sinfulness, would attempt to de-create what God had created, particularly against other humans. Why would this happen? Because man is created in the image of God and thus because the prime target of de-creation.
Thousands of years later we are still dealing with the same problem. De-creation in a growing culture of death. This Sunday we will look at the primary doctrine of humans as the image bearers of God.