Subject: God created man sin-ful? |
Bible Note: Hi Doc. I am also of the belief that Christ was the image of God when He created Adam/man. We are being conformed into the image of Christ, not Adam (Rom. 8:29). It is God that makes us holy and nothing we do. Our justification is in our salvation that because of Christ God declares us "Not Guilty!" of transgressing His Law(s). And now as a believer who has been atoned and justified, the "All Scripture" Paul spoke of in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 includes The Law, the Psalms, and the Prophets. Imaging that. When unatoned it was the Law that condemned us, but now as atoned beings in Christ it is the Law that God now uses to "instruct us in righteousness, for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, etc. |