. Adam and Eve, perfect in their initial Creation, decided that reflecting God’s Image wasn’t good enough. They wanted to be exactly like God, independent, and be gods themselves. God had to have been heartbroken. Genesis 3:22 “And the LORD God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. […]
. One of the most beautiful things about the Image of God is the fullness of expression. Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the […]
. Adam and Eve bear God’s Image equally. Jesus may have been male while He clothed Himself with humanity, but it doesn’t mean God is male or that Eve was just an add-on…or like Prince Harry, “Spare.” Or like her existence was only to take over if Adam dies and God needed someone to keep […]
. In all of Scripture’s narrative of Creation, there’s only one time God says something is “not good.” Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild […]
. In a recent installment of daily devotional thoughts regarding our having been Created in His Image, I said that “arguably” angels have not been made in God’s Image. Today, I will explain why I believe the great theologian Calvin (who seems to have held a different opinion) is wrong. Calvin points to Matthew 22:30 […]
. 1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! We have been created to be like God so much so that He’d call us His children. Focus for Lent: As a rational and relational Being, God […]
This year’s Lent Devotional Series “Created to Display His Image” resumes tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. Today, reflect on the mystery of God’s Image.
. When God created us, He created us not just in His Image, but also in His likeness. When God created all the other animals, they were each created “according to their kinds” with the purpose of reproducing, each according to their kinds. But when God created man, in a sense, He made man according […]
. After God created the entire Animal Kingdom except for humans, that’s when He said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness.” Only human beings bear the Image of God. No other animal does. Arguably, no angels do. Only mankind. Focus for Lent: It is a high privilege to bear God’s Image, […]
. In all the universe, there is only one Creator, and He is God alone. His Image is beautiful and mysterious. While Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel depiction of the creation of man might be lovely art worthy of appreciation, the truth is God doesn’t have a hand like humans do. His Image is more than physical […]
