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1 | Is God still creating man in His image? | Gen 5:3 | kalos | 16147 | ||
Does God "create" every human who is born into the world? Ultimately, I suppose the answer to this question would depend on how you define "create." Every time a human is born into the world, it is not a new and direct act of creation by God. Adam and Eve are the only two humans EVER to be a product of direct creation. Neither you nor I were created IN THE SAME SENSE in which Adam and Eve were created. We were born, not created. Adam and Eve were created, not born. God does not repeat the act of creation every time another human comes into the world. One could even say that to assert that God "created" the 6 billion people who now inhabit the earth is to trivialize the Genesis account of creation. If we start playing fast and loose with the definition and concept of creation, then we risk lending aid and comfort to those who reject the notion that God created the world and all that is in it. |
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2 | Is God still creating man in His image? | Gen 5:3 | charis | 16151 | ||
Dear kalos, I agree with you that Genesis creation is different from post-Adam-Eve conception. However, I believe that we are more than just born. Conception is also a miracle, as God knows us from even before that time. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5 NASB I don't imagine that this pertains only to the prophet. I would have to say that 'create' and 'conceive' are both special acts of Providence. In Jesus, charis |
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3 | Is God still creating man in His image? | Gen 5:3 | Morant61 | 16199 | ||
Greetings Charis! I agree! Might I add one point? Even if the process of conception is viewed as simply a "mechanical natural" process, the result is still a human being. It was a human being who was created in the image of God. Therefore, would not their offspring share in the characterisitics (what ever they are) that made their parents to be in the image of God? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | So what is God's vs. Adam's image? | Gen 5:3 | Bill Mc | 16214 | ||
Hi Tim, Please permit me to jump in here: Therein lies my question. We know that Adam and Eve were created perfect. But scripture also makes it clear that they fell and passed sin and death to all their offspring (accept Christ). So, as you have so aptly asked, what is this image that Seth was created in? If it was truly God's image in the sense of moral purity, then it would seem to violate what we understand scripture to say about mankind being born in trespasses and sin. If it was simply an outward physical image, then it doesn't quite seem to fit with Adam being the outward image of God, for God is Spirit. If it was a personality image (mind, emotions, will - what one would call a soul), does this interpretation carry the most weight? Or should we not even interpret 'image' to be a reasonably exact representation but merely a 'form'? Thanks for your input. It is interesting that Moses did not write that Seth was born ALSO in God's image. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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5 | So what is God's vs. Adam's image? | Gen 5:3 | Morant61 | 16218 | ||
Greetings Bill! One point of correction before I address the rest of your post. Scripture never says that Adam and Eve were created perfect. It only says that they were created good and innocent. What is the image of God? No one knows for sure. I would agree that it cannot simply refer to outer form. Personally, I view it as a combination of things. That, like God, we have the ability to choose, to think, to love, ect.... Obviously, the fall has impacted our natures, but there isn't anything in Scripture that says we lost the image of God because of the fall. Most theologians would argue that it has been marred, but not lost. So, I would say that all humans still partake in the image of God, though it is marred by sin. This question was originally raised because of the death penalty discussion. However, this question isn't the decisive point. As I have pointed out elsewhere, whatever our view on the death penalty, by definition it cannot be immoral simply because our Holy God commanded it to be done. We can debate whether it should still be done, but we can not debate whether or not it is moral. So, born or created in the image of God is not really the issue. The issue is what does Scripture say. For instance, we know that murder is forbidden. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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6 | So what is God's vs. Adam's image? | Gen 5:3 | Bill Mc | 16245 | ||
Thanks for your input, Tim. Bless you, brother. | ||||||