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Psalm 8:4 (NASB)
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What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?Slide2
Imago Dei
Genesis Chapter 1
What Does
Imago Dei
Mean?
How
Imago Dei
is Affected by the Fall
How Salvation Changes
Imago Dei
Practical Applications of
Imago Dei
Conclusions of
Imago DeiSlide3
What Does
Imago Dei Mean?The word created (
bara
) in Genesis 1Verse 1 – God brings into being “out of nothing” (ex nihilo).Verse 21 – God brings into being creatures with life and a soul.Verses 26-27 – God brings into being creatures (man) with life, soul, and a spirit (God breathed) as a reflection of Himself.
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Genesis Chapter 1Slide4
What Does
Imago Dei Mean?God had a plan and purpose for all of His creation.
God created man differently than all other creatures.
Image (tselem) – to carve or cut off as in concrete similaritiesLikeness (Demuth) – refers to abstract
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What Does
Imago Dei Mean?“Let us (plural) make man in our image” – idea of conferring, speaks to relationship
“So God created man in His (singular) own image” – idea of a completed plan
“God … breathed into his nostrils the breath of life” – spirit (rauch), different than all other life“Rule over” connotes a superior being to animals
“Be fruitful and multiply” – creative as in society, infrastructure, and more
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What Does
Imago Dei Mean?We are spiritual beings – God is spirit!
We are personal beings – a personal God!
We are moral beings – God is Holy.We are relational beings – Great Commandment and Great Commission – Genesis 2:18-25; Matthew 19:1-12; Galatians 3:26-29. Imago Dei
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Galatians 3:26-29 (NASB)
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.Slide8
What Does
Imago Dei Mean?We are rational beings created to think, know, and learn – Ephesians 4:20-24; Romans 12:2.
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Ephesians 4:20-24 (NASB)
20 But you did not learn Christ in this way, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,
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that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.Slide10
What Does
Imago Dei Mean?We are rational beings created to think, know, and learn – Ephesians 4:20-24; Romans 12:2.
We are emotional beings – God is love.
We are creative beings – both offspring and designers/builders.Imago DeiGenesis Chapter 1Slide11
How
Imago Dei is Affected by the FallEntrance of sin did not eradicate or destroy the
Imago Dei
– Genesis 9:6; James 3:9.Imago DeiGenesis Chapter 1Slide12
Genesis 9:6 (NASB)
6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood,By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.James 3:9 (NASB)9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; Slide13
How
Imago Dei is Affected by the FallEntrance of sin did not eradicate or destroy the
Imago Dei
– Genesis 9:6; James 3:9.Uncorrupted image of God was replaced by the fallen image of fallen Adam – Genesis 5:1-3.Imago DeiGenesis Chapter 1Slide14
Genesis 5:1-3 (NASB)
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.
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When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. Slide15
How
Imago Dei is Affected by the FallThe fall marred and distorted
Imago
Dei.Man died spirituallyRelationship with God disrupted/also manM
oral purity lost, replaced by sin nature
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nowledge degraded to false philosophies and vain teachings
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motions turned to selfish desires
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reativity oriented toward evil purposes and pursuits – Rom. 1:18-32; Eph. 2:1-3; 4:24-32
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How Salvation Changes
Imago Dei Only through Jesus Christ’s substitutionary atonement and Resurrection can mankind be forgiven, transformed, and conformed to the
I
mage of God (Christ).Redemption = new creation – Colossians 3:10Imago DeiGenesis Chapter 1Slide17
Colossians 3:10 (NASB)
10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him,Slide18
How Salvation Changes
Imago Dei Only through Jesus Christ’s substitutionary atonement and Resurrection can mankind be forgiven, transformed, and conformed to the
I
mage of God (Christ).Redemption = new creation – Colossians 3:10Sanctification = growth in godliness, becoming more conformed to the likeness of God – 2 Corinthians 3:18Imago Dei
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2 Corinthians 3:18 (NASB)
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.Slide20
How Salvation Changes
Imago Dei Only through Jesus Christ’s substitutionary atonement and Resurrection can mankind be forgiven, transformed, and conformed to the
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mage of God (Christ).Redemption = new creation – Colossians 3:10Sanctification = growth in godliness, becoming more conformed to the likeness of God – 2 Corinthians 3:18Putting on new man is a conscious act of our will.
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Practical Applications of
Imago DeiThis gives significance to all of mankind!
“The
Imago Dei is that in man which constitutes him as he-whom-God-loves.”John PiperImago Dei
Genesis Chapter 1Slide22
Practical Applications of
Imago DeiThe priority of Evangelism and Missions
The sanctity of all human life
The dignity and worth of each individualSexuality – important for societyCompassion towards others in needThe Church – If Jesus is the Image of God (Colossians 1:15) and we are the bride of Christ, then the Church is the Image of God in Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23).
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Conclusions of
Imago DeiA correct view of the Image of God is necessary for a correct and complete Biblical Worldview!
Imago Dei
Genesis Chapter 1