The New City Catechism — Week 4
Question 4 — How and why did God create us?
Answer — God created us male and female in his own image to know him, love him, live with him, and glorify him. And it is right that we who were created by God should live to his glory.
Mankind has come a long way since the garden. History has shown us the amazing things we have done and discovered. We have stumbled across new continents, built great works with our hands, painted beautiful art and chiseled from stone masterpieces. We have looked up at the stars, planets, and our moon and are now closer to them than we ever have. We have changed and done so much since we were created, but one thing has been consistently the same— How & why we were created.
In a world of gender confusion and identity crises, the Bible make clear from the opening pages of Scripture who we are and why we were made. We were made to reflect the image of God in creation and we were made as a pair. Male and female we were created. There are two genders, perfectly made by God to complement each other and fulfill our mandate here on earth—to know God and enjoy Him forever.
The NCC helps us find specific answers in the Bible to questions the world is asking over and over again. We were made in God’s image to know Him, love Him, to live with Him, and ultimately glorify Him. As God’s representatives here on earth, that is our primary mission. We are to make known the glory of God, and spread the glory of God by telling any and all of God’s love displayed in His Son Jesus Christ.
In a world of confusion and constant change, followers and disciples of Jesus Christ have a sure and steady direction to follow lay before us since the foundations of the earth. We are made to make disciples and spread the glory of God. If we hold true to Christ, and live a life in service to Him, our life will be filled with clarity, not confusion, our lives will be full with the love of God.
Genesis 1:27 (ESV) 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.