Made in God's Image
A lot of Christians seem to have a very narrow understanding of what it means to be made in God’s image, and some of the implications that has about both God and ourselves. Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Isa 29:16 You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? Exo 33:21-23 And the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.” Let’s start with what it means to be made “in the image.” If I make something in my own image, a wax sculpture for example, it is going to physically resemble me. In fact, a re...