Genetic Engineering: Nothing New

Uplook – October 2010 – Grace & Truth Magazine

Genetic Engineering: Nothing New“And there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9

The holy Sovereign from above Created man to share His love.He sculptured Adam from the dustAnd breathed His breath into his bust.
Nor did He leave the man alone, He took his rib and made a cloneTo spread His image through this scene,God engineering every gene.
But in His sovereign love for men God let our founding parents sin,That through the serpent’s subtle hissWe’d learn to yearn for righteousness.
And then to take our guilt away, God used the woman’s DNATo share His Son with Adam’s race,So He could take the sinner’s place.
The Son of God and Man was sent To offer sinners who repentSalvation from the dreadful plightInflicted by the serpent’s bite.
He suffered as the son of Eve, And died so all who would believeWould be forgiven for their sin,And live by being born again.
But life is more than DNA. We’re born again the Spirit’s way.That second He that God impartsIs His own seed within our hearts.
We’re raised with Christ and sanctified, He calls the Church His sacred bride,And God accepts us in His Son –Co-heirs with Jesus, joined as one.
We are His body, He’s our head; We function in our Savior’s stead,And represent Him on the earth,God’s image by celestial birth.By Bud Morris

“Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.” Genesis 1:26