The truth of who we are — human persons made in the image and likeness of God — is at the beginning of your children’s study of our Life in Christ. We need to understand how God made us if we are to understand how we are to live the life that God has planned for us — which is to know, love, and serve Him on earth and be happy with Him forever in Heaven. From our conception, God destined us for Heaven. But because God gave us free will, we can choose between life in Christ or death in sin.