If you want to “discover yourself,” you have to search somewhere unexpected. French pastor and reformer John Calvin said it this way, “Without knowledge of God, there is no knowledge of self.” Last week, we learned about who God is, and now we can ask, “Who am I?”

Your answer to the question “Who am I?” has probably changed a lot in your life. But Scripture clearly answers this unchanging truth for us. Genesis 1:26–31 tells us that we’re created in the image of God, and He has a specific purpose for us. Ephesians 2:10 then tells us that even after sin entered the world, the same remains – we are created by God to fulfill His purposes.

What are the different ways “man” is described in Genesis 1:26–27?

Why does it matter that we are the created and not the creator?