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NASB | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth." [Ps 104:30; Heb 1:2; 11:3] |
Subject: So...what is your theory? |
Bible Note: Dear Zerotheory, I hope and pray that you will understand the 3 part message I will be posting to you. Read it carefully and ask God to open your eyes to see His way of salvation. WHAT IS GOD LIKE? The Bible’s message begins with God. The Bible does not argue God’s existence – it simply states it, assuming that man knows that God exists. In fact, the Bible says that the created universe around us is sufficient to demonstrate the existence of God. The Bible says there is only one God. He is the Creator of all that is. He is not a part of creation, but is distinct from creation, for He existed prior to the created universe, and was under no compulsion to bring the universe into existence. God is spirit and has always been – He never “started” at some point in time. He is eternal. Because God has created all things, and because God Himself is personal and creates with a reason, then all things have purpose and meaning. God is holy. He is the absolute standard of goodness itself – there is nothing evil or corrupt in God. Because He is holy, He must punish evil. God is personal – in fact, the Bible tells us that God is tri-personal; that is, that the one being of God is shared by three eternal persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This would be contradictory if we said that God was one being and three beings, or one person and three persons, but as long as one remembers that being and personality are different things, the Bible’s teaching is quite clear. And, though it is one of the greatest mysteries of all, we are told that God is loving, merciful, and kind – and that despite man’s rebellion against Him! THE PROBLEM WITH MAN One of the main problems with man is the fact that he refuses to see himself as God sees him. God has given us guidelines by which we can see if we are “functioning” properly. Many of these guidelines have to do with how we behave – such things as that we should worship only the one true God, that we should not murder or commit adultery, steal or lie. The Bible wraps up all of these commandments by giving us the highest standard – “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Any honest individual, when faced with God’s standard, will admit to falling short. The Bible calls this rebellion, or sin. All have sinned – none can escape that charge. Sin separates from God, and as God is the source of all life, the result of sin is death – both physical death on this earth as well as spiritual death – alienation from God both now and in eternity. God’s wrath is revealed against sin, and hence against sinners. Man, separated from God, even while physically alive, is spiritually dead, incapable even of seeking after God. Man, on his part, tries desperately to escape encountering the Holy God. He does this by suppressing the truth that he can see all around him. He becomes self-centered and self-seeking, turning the worship that should belong to God inward upon himself or upon some other created object. Every conceivable sin finds its origin in the condition of man as sinner. Continued |