Man was the last thing created by God. After creating all other things of nature, God was happy for the beautiful things he has created. Even though he was happy he was not satisfied because he thought of creating something that would take care of these wonderful creatures. Then, he said “Let us make man in our Image and likeness”. This wonderful resolution occasioned the emergence of man.
In regard to the time and process taken to create man unlike other creatures who were a mere product of word, man is therefore not by accident but a product of the wishful thought of God. After the creation of man, God was elated for having his duplicate in the world but still not satisfied and he thought and resolved of creating a helpmate thereby causing the man to go into deep sleep and he removed one of his ribs from where he fashioned the woman.
God did not stop in creating them he desirously provided them a place of glamour, a place bereft of suffering, a holy place called Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were allowed to roam in this wonderful and holy place under the total provision of God and God been their custodian, they lived there in the Ignorant of evil and good until the serpent visited which accessioned them knowing that they were naked and consequently became abashed. God being a jealous God could not condone this singular act of recalcitrance. He cursed and forced them out of the garden and told the man that he will from that day live by his sweat. But out of his abundance love and generosity endowed man with a lot of potentials to actualize and these potentials Includes physical strength, mental strength, energy of mind and will power.
Even as he has done these gracious things to man, he still went further to reconcile with him even when he (God) is not guilty of any offence to man. This he achieved through his only begotten son Jesus Christ who came to the world and died for the sin that he is not guilty of. Christ on leaving this world promised to send to the disciples a comforter the Holy Spirit who later on the Pentecost day descended on them and imbued them with variety of gifts. These gifts includes the gift of tongue, wisdom, knowledge, power to heal, faith, power to work miracles; the gift of speaking God’s messages, the power of discernment and the gift of explaining what is said.
But it is one and the same Spirit who does all this; as he wishes, he gives a different gift to each person. (I Cor. 12:8 – 11)
These etal were the natural endowment in man to enable him meet up to God’s initial plan for him which he has lost by his act of disobedience. God’s initial plan for man was to live in abundance and in lack of nothing. Man is therefore expected to take advantage of these free gifts of nature to enable him function effectively for his good, the good of others and to the glory of God.
Man been created in the image and likeness of God acquired the potential to create. The different between God and man is that man’s creative ability is controlled by God and man is to create from the available creatures. Motor vehicle for example is man’s made from already made raw material
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