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1 | 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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2 | So what is God's vs. Adam's image? | Gen 5:3 | Bill Mc | 16245 | ||
Thanks for your input, Tim. Bless you, brother. | ||||||