What Does Being Human Mean?

Being human means being created by God. Genesis chapter one verse twenty-seven says, "Thus God created the man in his own image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female." The quoted scripture specifically says, God created man in his own image.

God created all living things. Man was created last, but man was Gods greatest creation because God created man in his own image. How do we know that man is superior to the animals? One way we know is, no animal has ever invented anything, men are always inventing things. For example, Bill Gates created Microsoft computer software. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. There are many examples that could be cited. However, I challenge anyone to show me an example of anything invented by an animal. Another reason is, God gave Adam, the first man, the responsibility for naming the animals. Genesis chapter two verse twenty states, "the man therefore gave names unto all cattle, and to the fowl of the heaven, and to every beast of the field."

Being human means being accountable to God and to others. In Romans chapter fourteen verses eleven and twelve it says, "For it is written, As I live saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Since every knee bows to God and every tongue confesses to God, the question is WHEN? Animals are not under the same responsibility to confess or bow to God. This fact alone, proves that man is superior than animals. Being accountable to others involves many things. For instance, when someone joins a local church or some civic group, they agree to live by certain rules of that organization. A church rule might be to abstain from drinking alcohol. A rule of a civic organization might be to attend all of the meetings. If we are accountable to these organizations, we will try our best to obey the rules.

Charles Darwin who wrote "The Origin of The Species", tried to prove that all things evolved from one little organism. In the book "Frankenstein", a "living" creature was created from dead body parts and was called the Monster. If you believe Darwin, you must then accept the fact that it is impossible to create something from dead parts. Darwin, on his deathbed renounced his claim that all living things came from a single organism. Therefore, we are left with our original statement that God created all things.

In conclusion, one must decide, what do you believe? Do you believe there is a God in Heaven or do you believe when you die, you are just dead with no meaning to life? I choose to believe life has meaning and God gave us life.