Why People Have Real Worth
Month 7: Who Am I? · Why We Believe
Today's Scripture
Read together: Psalm 8:3-9
3 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place— 4 what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? 5 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet: 7 all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field, 8 the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Memory Verse
“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”— Genesis 1:27 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: 1 Chronicles 1-4
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Long lists of names — God remembers every single person who belongs to His story.)The Heart of It
Everybody agrees that people are valuable. Hospitals try to save lives. Laws protect the weak. And we all feel angry when someone is treated cruelly. But here's a question worth asking. Why are people valuable? Maybe we're only here by accident. Maybe we're just chemicals that happened to bump together over millions of years. If that's true, then there's no real reason a human is worth more than a rock or a rabbit. "Worth" would just be an opinion. And opinions can change. That's a frightening place to build a world.
The Bible gives a rock-solid reason instead. People have worth because God made each one in His image (; ). Your value isn't decided by how strong, useful, smart, or healthy you are. It's stamped on you by your Maker, and no one can vote it away. This is why Christians have always cared for babies, the sick, the elderly, the disabled, and the stranger. Every single person bears God's image, with no exceptions. When you know why people matter, you'll know how to treat them. And you'll have a real answer when the world can't explain its own kindness.
Around the Table
Every person is special to God. Babies, grandmas, your teacher, even people you've never met. God made them all in His image!
Let's do it: Name three people who are very different from each other. After each one, say: "God made you, and you matter!"
If people were just an accident, there'd be no real reason to be kind. But God made everyone on purpose. How does that change the way we should treat others?
Let's talk: Can you think of a group of people the world sometimes treats as "less important"? What does God say about them?
Many people believe humans are valuable, but they can't explain why if there's no Maker. Christianity gives the reason. Our worth is built in by God. It is not handed out by society.
Let's go deeper: "People matter because God made them." Why is that a stronger foundation than "people matter because we all agree they do"?
💬 Conversation Starter
Who is one person most people overlook, and how could our family show them they matter to God this week?
🛡️ Defending the Faith
Sometimes someone will say, "People are just here by chance, so 'worth' is just an opinion." You can gently reply like this. "If that's true, then kindness, justice, and human rights are just opinions too. They could be voted away. But we all know that hurting an innocent person is really wrong. That points to a real Maker who gave us real worth (). The Christian story actually explains the worth everyone already feels." Say it kindly and confidently. tells us to give our reason "with gentleness and respect." We want to win the person, not just the argument.
For Dad · Go Deeper
The argument from human dignity is one of the most practical apologetics tools you can give a child. Nearly everyone lives as though humans have built-in worth, believer or not. Yet a purely materialist worldview can't account for it. C. S. Lewis pressed this point. Our deep sense of right and wrong, and our instinct that people deserve respect, are clues that the universe has a moral Maker. So teach your kids to ask one gentle question: "Where does that come from?" It exposes the borrowed capital in a secular worldview, and you never have to raise your voice. The goal is not to corner the unbeliever. It is to show that the dignity they cherish has a name, and His name is God.
Draws on: Frank Turek, Stealing from God; C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You that every person has real worth, because You made us in Your image. That's true of each one of us in this room. Help us stand up for the weak. Help us honor the people others overlook. And help us speak Your truth with kindness. In Jesus' name, amen."
People matter because God made them. That truth never changes its mind.