Creation

Gen 1:31 everything that God created was “very good”
Gen 1:27 made in the image and likeness of God.   

Made from Dust

Gen 2:7  God creates man (dust + breath of life = living soul)

Commandment and Sin

Gen 2:17  "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest there of thou shalt surely die. "  

Romans 5:12 "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, because all have sinned:"

Return to Dust

Gen 3:19 "for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."

Job 33:4 "the Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life."
Job 34:14-15 "If he (God) set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust."

Psalms 146:2-4,  Ecclesasities 3:19-20, Psa 90: 10 & 12, James 4:14-15 

Man Good or Bad?

What is sin?  1 John 3:4  "Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness."  (NIV) 

Does God tempt us to sin?    James 1:13-15 

Source of Sin:  1 John 2:16, Jer 17:9  Rom. 3:10‑12,23 

•	sin is breaking God’s commandments (1 John 3:4)  
•	death came into the world as a consequence of sin (Rom 5: v12 ; Rom 6:23)
•	everyone human sins (Romans 3:23) - Jesus being the only exception (1 Pet 2:22)
•	our own lusts and desires tempt us and cause us to sin (James 1:13-15)
•	if we sin, we will die (Ezek 18: 4, Romans 6:23)

Hope

Romans 6:23 The wages of Sin is death….but  
1 Cor 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive
Acts 16:30 What must I do to be saved?  

Re-created from the dust

Daniel 12:2,  Job 19:25-26,  
"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. "

When Will Jesus Return?

Acts 1:6-7, 9-11
a) there will be a resurrection of the dead, and those that are alive at the coming of Christ will be gathered to meet the Lord   Daniel 12:1-3, I Corinthians 15:52-53, 1 Thes 4:14-17
b) Jesus will Judge the world.  Matt 25:31-46  2 Cor 5:10
c) The Kingdom of God will be established, forever.  Daniel 2:44

Salvation How?

“He that overcometh shall inherit all things……….”
 
a) have faith in God and His promises in the Bible Heb 11:1,6
b) repent from a sinful life  Acts 2:37-38
c) be baptized into Jesus  Mark 16:15-16
d) live by Godly standards that we find in the Bible   Romans 6:3-6, Matt 13:23                   
	e).—Take Christ for an example and follow in his steps 1 Peter 2:21
         Mark 8: 34 “Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.”
         Gal 5:16-24