36. Transgender – Genesis 1:24-31

Mar 28, 2025

Read Genesis 1:24-31 and pages 151-154 of A.S.K.

Questions from the Bible reading

1. What are the three groups of animals that God creates? (v24)

2. What does “according to their kind” mean, do you think? (v25)

3. In what ways do you think man should “rule over” the creatures? (v26)

4. “In his own image”: what does that tell us about how God designed man? (v27)

5. What tasks did God give to mankind? (v28)

6. What did man eat when he was first created? What did he not eat? (v29)

7. What do you think is meant by the phrase “the breath of life”? (v30)

8. Draw a picture, or write a summary, of what God saw at the end of the creation week (v31).

Questions from the book

1. What does a transgender person say about themselves?

2. Why does God say “very good” rather than just “good” at the end of the sixth day?

3. How should we treat other people, whatever their views, and why should we treat them that way?

4. In what ways is the teaching of false gender ideology harming both society and individuals?

5. How do history and science add support to the Bible’s clear teaching about male and female?

6. Write a prayer in which someone prays for a friend who has declared themselves to be transgender.

Questions to do at home

1. Ask a Christian you know to explain how they understand the phrase “the image of God”.

2. Think about your reply to a friend who says to you, “I can do what I like to my body because it’s mine.”

3. Should a Christian see themselves as committing a sin if they sometimes feel that they are in the wrong body?