David Hansen - May 20, 2018

Personhood: Man in the image of God Previous messages: i) Prophet (our truth) ii) Priest (our anointing) Truth + Anointing  Experience iii) King (our activities and choices) A. Body Mind Spirit i) Personhood Dr. Wilder Penfield (neurosurgeon): “The patient thinks of himself as having an existence that is separate from his body.” Professor J.P. Morehouse: “A scientist could know more about what is happening in my brain that I do, but he cannot know more about what is happening in my mind that I do. He has to ask me.” ii) Gift Psalm 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. iii) Sanctity Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another…. B. Created (special creation) i) Accountability ii) Dependence iii) Relationship C. “In the image of God” i) Of great capability. Psalm 8 3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: ii) With moral sense. iii) Of great value. Closing remarks  our equipment  our attitude  our efforts, use of time Jeremiah 31 33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.