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All men and women, being created in the image of God, have inherent and equal dignity and worth. Their greatest purpose is to obey, worship and love God. As a result of the fall of our first parents, every aspect of human nature has been corrupted and all men and women are without spiritual life, guilty sinners and hostile to God. Every person is therefore under the just condemnation of God and needs to be born again, forgiven and reconciled to God in order to know and please him.
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Genesis 1:26-27 God created man in his own image Psalm 8:4-5 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honour Psalm 139:13-14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made Eccles 7:29 God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes James 3:9 men, who have been made in God's likeness. Matthew 10:31 So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows Matthew 12:12 How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Mark 8:36-37 What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favouritism 35but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right” Matthew 22:37 the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness Ephesians 4:17-18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted Ephesians 2:1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins Psalm 51:5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me Romans 8:7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. James 1:14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed 1 Corinthians 2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness Ephesians 2:3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath John 3:3 no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again Romans 4:7 Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered |
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