In God's image

[Ross]

Genesis 1:26
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

What does it mean that man was created "in God's image?"

On a secondary note, the following verse says:

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

Does Genesis 1: 27 indicate that God is both male and female?

[Ross]

God is a spirit, there is no sexes among spirit being.

Then why or how is there a Father and a Son?

And how does the lamb have a bride?

Really? You think God came down to earth and had sex with Mary and she bore Jesus?

Or do you think we have a spiritual mother in heaven?

Happy New Year.
If you answer my questions which I posted first, I will gladly answer yours.

[Ross]

There you are, you got it right. The Father sent Himself to earth, by and through the male son born of Mary, and spoke to the people and to Himself in heaven, through the male son born of Mary. God is the only one who can split Himself and dwell with millions of individuals simultaneously, yet He is still in heaven and in all places.

We are actually not that far apart in our understanding, in that the Almighty God sent a part of himself to earth. However you deviate from scripture, calling the Son the Father.

[Ross]

1. God is spirit. How can He have an image of man?

Happy New Year OneJack.

Back to this. Genesis says:

" And God said " Let us make man in our image... in Gods image He created him "

Do you deny scripture?

[OneJack]

There you are, you got it right. The Father sent Himself to earth, by and through the male son born of Mary, and spoke to the people and to Himself in heaven, through the male son born of Mary. God is the only one who can split Himself and dwell with millions of individuals simultaneously, yet He is still in heaven and in all places.

We are actually not that far apart in our understanding, in that the Almighty God sent a part of himself to earth. However you deviate from scripture, calling the Son the Father.

I’m not deviating from the Son’s declarations/teachings in the bible. The Son, per se, was the physical vessel of the Father, whose name is Jesus Christ [according to his (Son’s) declaration in John 17:3], in His (Father’s) incarnation among the apostles and disciples.

[OneJack]

1. God is spirit. How can He have an image of man?

Happy New Year OneJack.

Blessed New Year, Ross!

Back to this. Genesis says:

" And God said " Let us make man in our image... in Gods image He created him "

Do you deny scripture?

I do not deny the scripture, in this context. That verse is right; man was created in God’s image.

1. God created man in His ‘sinless ‘ image - Man was created sinless, in the beginning.

2. God created man n His ‘spirit’ image - Man was created with his own spirit.

[Ross]

The Son, per se, was the physical vessel of the Father, whose name is Jesus Christ [according to his (Son’s) declaration in John 17:3], in His (Father’s) incarnation among the apostles and disciples.

The prologue of John specifically describes The Word of God as part of God, but distinct from The Father.

[OneJack]

The Son, per se, was the physical vessel of the Father, whose name is Jesus Christ [according to his (Son’s) declaration in John 17:3], in His (Father’s) incarnation among the apostles and disciples.

The prologue of John specifically describes The Word of God as part of God, but distinct from The Father.

Kindly go to Matt 11:27 and refrain from explaining John’s perception about the Word. Neither is John the Father nor is he the Son to whom the names of the Almighty God - Immanuel, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Jesus - were given. Take the truth from the Son’s declaration in the bible or call upon Jesus and listen to Him when He responds to your call.

[Ross]

Kindly go to Matt 11:27 and refrain from explaining John’s perception about the Word. Neither is John the Father nor is he the Son to whom the names of the Almighty God - Immanuel, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Jesus - were given. Take the truth from the Son’s declaration in the bible or call upon Jesus and listen to Him when He responds to your call.

You appear to be separating John's declaration and progressive revelation of the identity of Almighty God from what could be argued to be called a recollection of the man Matthew.

To me, all scripture is equally relevant.

The prologue of John states that the pre incarnate Christ was "with" or "face to face" with the Father, and that they were both God. There is a clear separation before the incarnation, not just after. Most have used the term 'persons' to describe this, though this is merely a human word and perception.

John 1:1

"In the beginning The Word was.
And The Word was with The God.
And The Word was God."

While you are obviously not going to accept this, perhaps you could offer an explanation of the above verse. Or are you going to assert this was merely the words of a man called John?

[OneJack]

Kindly go to Matt 11:27 and refrain from explaining John’s perception about the Word. Neither is John the Father nor is he the Son to whom the names of the Almighty God - Immanuel, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Jesus - were given. Take the truth from the Son’s declaration in the bible or call upon Jesus and listen to Him when He responds to your call.

You appear to be separating John's declaration and progressive revelation of the identity of Almighty God from what could be argued to be called a recollection of the man Matthew.

To me, all scripture is equally relevant.

The prologue of John states that the pre incarnate Christ was "with" or "face to face" with the Father, and that they were both God. There is a clear separation before the incarnation, not just after. Most have used the term 'persons' to describe this, though this is merely a human word and perception.

Obviously, what you’re saying here is just your opinion, which neither John nor the Son narrated in the scriptures.

John 1:1

"In the beginning The Word was.
And The Word was with The God.
And The Word was God."

While you are obviously not going to accept this, perhaps you could offer an explanation of the above verse. Or are you going to assert this was merely the words of a man called John?

Instead of explaining, I’ll take the Son’s declaration, which says,

“Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority Rather it is the Father living in me who is doing his work Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.”

John 14:10-11 shows that the Spirit and Life that was in the physical body of the Son was the Father. He (Father) came in the flesh [of the Son born of Mary] and lived and supped with the apostles and disciples.

[Ross]

Obviously, what you’re saying here is just your opinion, which neither John nor the Son narrated in the scriptures.

To the contrary:

"with" and "face to face" is the direct translation from the verse. Koine' Greek to English. Check it out in any interlinear.

To reject that is to reject the clear unambiguous message of the relationship of The Word and The God in that verse.