Man and Woman

Man & Woman
 
The Bible and Lutherans teach that men and women are a special creation of God. The first man was created from the dust of the earth. The first woman was made from the rib of man. They were created in God's image. This means that they were without sin and had a perfect knowledge of God. That image was destroyed when Adam and Eve first sinned. People have a soul which no other creature has. God gave us rule over all of his creation. Human beings have a free will in works of this life. But only the Holy Spirit, working through God's Word, can lead a person to love God.
 
 Genesis 2:7The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.
 
 
Genesis 2:22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of man.
 
 
Genesis 1:26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule."
 
 Ephesians 4:24 Put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
 
 Colossians 3:10 Put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
 
 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.