Man’s Greatness
Introduction
The genealogy of Jesus proves that the whole human
race is wounded yet redeemed, sinful yet grace-filled.
Body
The genealogy in Matthew’s Gospel insinuates three stages.
· First, man was created in the image and likeness. It means that
man resembles God but he is aware of his own identity that was
not equal to God. In other words, man can enjoy all the privileges
that God gave him like intelligence, freedom and capacity to love.
However, he must have to recognize also his nothingness before
God because without God, he can lose everything he enjoys in
life.
· Second, man gave in to his selfish desires that destroyed his
original closeness to God. Even though God has provided
everything for him, he still desires for more to the extent of
wanting to be greater than God. As a result, God allowed him to
suffer the consequences of his folly actions. He became a slave
of his passion and death becomes the ****** of his sinfulness.
· Third, man can regain his greatness. With God’s mercy and love,
man is never abandoned to be totally destroyed by his sinfulness.
After the prophets, God has sent his only Son with the plan of
rescuing man from the slavery of sin so that man will be reunited
to Him again. Jesus Becoming Man returns man’s status as created
in God’s image and likeness.
Conclusion
Man is great because God created him in his own image and
likeness. There is no way for man not to exemplify this greatness by his
faithfulness and goodness to others.
Question:
Am I convinced that I am great since I was created in God’s image
and likeness?
How do I exemplify that greatness?
Caster K. Gonsadan
Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe
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