So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women. English Revised VersionAnd God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.GOD'S WORD® TranslationSo God created humans in his image. In the image of God he ...
Image and Presence So an “image” is basically an “idol,” something that manifests the presence of a god. And that’s what the Bible means when it calls us an image of the living God. We are his idols in creation, the ones through whom he intends to manifest his presence in the...
27So God created man in his own likeness. He created him in the likeness of God. He created them as male and female. Genesis 1:27 Meaning and Commentary Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image Which consisted both in the form of his body, and the erect stature of it, di...
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”New Living TranslationThen God said, ...
In Psalm 24, David calls God the, “King of glory.” This wonderful name sets God in His proper place, and reminds us of ours. Let's take a look at the meaning of calling God by this name.
“He [Christ] reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature” (Heb 1:3). To whatever extent “image” in the OT had as its root meaning “shadow,” there is no question that reality has now come to take the place of shadow. In Christ there is the true man,...
His display of love the purest and truest there is. He loves perfectly. And because we are made in God’s image, we can love. Love isn’t something that is derived from within us. It is radical. It is supernatural. For the kind of love that God calls us to–the love that loves ...
THE INSTANCES which in the preceding chapters I have drawn from the beliefs and practices of rude peoples all over the world, may suffice to prove that the savage fails to recognise those limitations to his power over nature which seem so obvious to us. In a society where every man is sup...
God is faithful (Psalm 31:5) and shows us the wonders of his love (21). Our son Eric needed slides of his paintings for a college application. However, several days of overcast skies made it impossible to sufficiently light his work and show it to best advantage. ...
The Word is in the midst of us. Christ is our centre, and we congregate around him. But, Jesus’ word is hard. Last week, we chewed through a difficult passage about eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood. His teaching is challenging and hard to understand. As a result, MANY...