32For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 33Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him (Deuteronomy 4:32-35).
We are a special creation. God the Creator made Man; in His image, He made us. We would do well to remember that as a special creation of God, we are a people made by Him and for Him. And although the image of God in Man is blurred by sin, God does not create junk. Man as a being, is eternal; and has infinite worth-albeit ultimately only in relationship with God. This has both ethical and moral implications for us, as we should want all people to come into a relationship with the Creator God and we should respect all of God’s creation- it has been created by God himself.
In the people of Israel, God chose a people for himself. Israel was a foreshadowing of things to come. As Moses declares, it is God that chooses and God that delivers. For us, the greatest miracle in creation is God’s sovereign selection of us as a people unto Himself. In the Creator’s choosing, we are delivered; and He is revealed as Lord. This is very good news and is the essence of the Gospel.
We are a special creation. God the Creator made Man; in His image, He made us. We would do well to remember that as a special creation of God, we are a people made by Him and for Him. And although the image of God in Man is blurred by sin, God does not create junk. Man as a being, is eternal; and has infinite worth-albeit ultimately only in relationship with God. This has both ethical and moral implications for us, as we should want all people to come into a relationship with the Creator God and we should respect all of God’s creation- it has been created by God himself.
In the people of Israel, God chose a people for himself. Israel was a foreshadowing of things to come. As Moses declares, it is God that chooses and God that delivers. For us, the greatest miracle in creation is God’s sovereign selection of us as a people unto Himself. In the Creator’s choosing, we are delivered; and He is revealed as Lord. This is very good news and is the essence of the Gospel.
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