The Image of God in Man

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion4

Difference between the image and likeness of God5

Appointment of Rights6

Image creation8

The Creation of Man:10

Man set to be "in Christ" image of God10

The fall of Man11

Restoration11

Glorification12

Christ: The Revelation of God13

Jesus reveals the Trinity13

Conclusion14

Works Cited15

The Image of God in Man

Introduction

The verses of Genesis (1:26-27) that explain God's creating mankind in the divine image plus likeness are among the most quoted and reflected upon passages of the Bible, and over the centuries, they understood and described in a diversity of ways. After creating the physical world and the plant plus animal kingdoms, God said, Let us make people in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have power over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, as well as over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over each creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. So God made people in his image, in the image of God he created them; male plus female he created them.

if anyone delete the image and despised creature, and could not speak of the whole man, but only or a part of man (as said above) or something other than man. Not that the flesh is in itself created the perfect man, but that is just the man's body and a part of you. But not one soul is itself man, but it is only the soul of man and the man. Neither the Spirit is the man they called the Spirit and not man. But the union and mixture of all these is what makes a man perfect. Hence the Apostle, manifesting himself said that man is spiritual and perfect to be saved, according to the first Epistle to the Thessalonians: "The God of peace sanctify you and make you perfect, and may your spirit, soul and body remain blameless unto the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ ". And what other reason had to plead to the Lord's whole and perfect persevere three, or the soul, body and spirit, if not know that was one and the same, the salvation of all three complete and together? So called perfect in the Lord who show these three elements without blemish. They are therefore perfect for those they had themselves permanently to the Spirit of God, blameless keeping body and soul.

Discussion

The sacred author narrates the creation of man: "And God said, Let us make man in our image and likeness. Hence God created man in His own image, the image of God created him; male and female he created them". Church teaching inspires us only that, people in general created "in the image," but exactly what part of our nature is in itself, this image does not indicate. Fathers and Teachers of the Church in many ways answered this question: some see it in the mind of others in the free will, the immortality of the third. If you connect their thinking, then we get a full idea ...