ETCF VI.45. HUMAN BEINGS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

From Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R.C. Sproul
(c) 1992 R. C. Sproul Published by Tyndale ISBN 0-8423-2006-1

Part VI. Human Beings and the Fall
45. HUMAN BEINGS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

Summary:
1. God created human beings—both male and female—in His image and likeness.
2. There is some analogy between God and human beings that makes communication between them possible.
3. Human beings, like God, are moral agents with the faculties of mind and will.
4. Human beings are called to have dominion over the earth.
5. In the Fall, the image of God in human beings was marred.
6. Christ is the perfect image of God. He is restoring us to the fullness of the image of God.

Biblical passages for reflection:
Genesis 9:6; Romans 8:29; 1 Corinthians 15:42-57; Colossians 1:15

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