Is this God's image?!

[sweetycakes]

Well Stephen,

I guess we are talking about different aspects of God's image.

But thanks for your input

Praise God, in whatever image, form or no-form He may be in

Blessings

Sorry, hupo, if I got the wrong end of the stick here. I only just got back from working away, and haven't had time to read the whole of the replies, or get the gist of your meaning.

I will try to get back to it later, after having checked other things on my computer while I have been away ...then I will hopefully be able to throw in my 2 'euros'.......for whatever it's worth

[hupo]

Well Stephen,

I guess we are talking about different aspects of God's image.

But thanks for your input

Praise God, in whatever image, form or no-form He may be in

Blessings

Sorry, hupo, if I got the wrong end of the stick here. I only just got back from working away, and haven't had time to read the whole of the replies, or get the gist of your meaning.

I will try to get back to it later, after having checked other things on my computer while I have been away ...then I will hopefully be able to throw in my 2 'euros'.......for whatever it's worth

No, Stephan, you didn't get the wrong end.

I did start off by saying there is a contradiction.

I just don't like staying stuck with my own view just because it's my own view.

Things have changed for me since the begining of this thread.

and....speaking of 'euroes'... your two are as good as anyone elses

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

God created man in His own image. Says so in scripture....

Gen 1:26 Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

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.

Yet it also says.....

Gen 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

So God created man, from dust, and without life, until He breathed life into Him

Something dead created from dust.......... that is God's image ?

How would you explain this contradiction?

God is unconditional love, and He created us to be unconditional love too!

[sweetycakes]

Well Stephen,

I guess we are talking about different aspects of God's image.

But thanks for your input

Praise God, in whatever image, form or no-form He may be in

Blessings

Sorry, hupo, if I got the wrong end of the stick here. I only just got back from working away, and haven't had time to read the whole of the replies, or get the gist of your meaning.

I will try to get back to it later, after having checked other things on my computer while I have been away ...then I will hopefully be able to throw in my 2 'euros'.......for whatever it's worth

No, Stephan, you didn't get the wrong end.

I did start off by saying there is a contradiction.

I just don't like staying stuck with my own view just because it's my own view.

Things have changed for me since the begining of this thread.

and....speaking of 'euroes'... your two are as good as anyone elses

Man, that's great.....I love a person who is willing to learn and, when necessary, abandon their old, incorrect views.

Equally, I admire a person who sticks to their guns when they know they are right.

Peace to you, Brother.

The difficulty is often in knowing when we are assuredly right, is it not?

God bless you. As I know He does already, and will continue to do so.

[hupo]

God created man in His own image. Says so in scripture....

Gen 1:26 Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

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.

Yet it also says.....

Gen 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

So God created man, from dust, and without life, until He breathed life into Him

Something dead created from dust.......... that is God's image ?

How would you explain this contradiction?

God is unconditional love, and He created us to be unconditional love too!

Yes, this is where I got to since the start of this thread

now, "All" we have to do is, have faith in Him

Halleluyah!! Praise God !!

[hupo]

Man, that's great.....I love a person who is willing to learn and, when necessary, abandon their old, incorrect views.

Equally, I admire a person who sticks to their guns when they know they are right.

The difficulty is often in knowing when we are assuredly right, is it not?

difficulty??!! now this IS a contradiction if there ever was one

Knowing when you are right or wrong entails using the mind.

We cannot know God with our mind.

Our relationship with God is by Faith.

Contradiction:- How can we possibly know something by Faith ?

(it's a rethorical question of course I know there is a special way of "knowing" God, but why ruin a good contradiction? )

Peace in Him

[sweetycakes]

Man, that's great.....I love a person who is willing to learn and, when necessary, abandon their old, incorrect views.

Equally, I admire a person who sticks to their guns when they know they are right.

The difficulty is often in knowing when we are assuredly right, is it not?

difficulty??!! now this IS a contradiction if there ever was one

Knowing when you are right or wrong entails using the mind.

We cannot know God with our mind.

Our relationship with God is by Faith.

Contradiction:- How can we possibly know something by Faith ?

(it's a rethorical question of course I know there is a special way of "knowing" God, but why ruin a good contradiction? )

Peace in Him

Ah....but you CAN know something by faith. And it is stronger than the (solid?) ground you walk on.

Great picture of the kids on your profile, by the way. Who are they?

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

God created man in His own image. Says so in scripture....

Gen 1:26 Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

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.

Yet it also says.....

Gen 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

So God created man, from dust, and without life, until He breathed life into Him

Something dead created from dust.......... that is God's image ?

How would you explain this contradiction?

God is unconditional love, and He created us to be unconditional love too!

Yes, this is where I got to since the start of this thread

now, "All" we have to do is, have faith in Him

Halleluyah!! Praise God !!

Exactly!

[hupo]

Ah....but you CAN know something by faith. And it is stronger than the (solid?) ground you walk on.

Great picture of the kids on your profile, by the way. Who are they?

These are my grand kids, with 2 more on the way

They are the notes in my life-symphony

Oops! I think I've been blessed

[Openly Curious]

'hupo'

I had thoughts about this particular question and the (seemingly) different creation of man in the two chapters.

My thoughts were that maybe in chapter one God created Man, as the context of what mankind should be, or can be.

While in chapter two he created the first man, with all his weaknesses.

Therefore the man in chapter two can become the man in chapter 1 (in God's image) when he fulfills the role God gave him. As we know he didn't start off too well and all of humankind is suffering for that original sin. Yet the potential is always there. Each and every one of us can become what God made available for us, that is, to be in HIS image.

I don't know how this sits with you citizens of Worthy, but it was definatly going around in my mind and amongst other things, solved the paradox of the two creations of man.

Just a flow of thoughts.........

Hello hupo,

You do certainly have interesting thoughts and meditations of heart. I would like to share some of my thoughts and meditations of heart concerning this that perhaps you never thought of before. First off I don't believe that God created man twice.

Have you ever looked at it this way in chapter one there seems to be a coversation going on amongst the godhead and in this conversation the godhead decided that they were going to create a man and the godhead decided what that man was going to look like and how he would be created in the image of God being three part being and then the godhead even decided what this man was going to be doing after he was created and that was to have a wife and have dominion of all that God had created as He was to be the head of the earthly family.

So what I am saying is in chapter 1 God is purposing in His mind what He wants man to be like and do on earth before He actually creates Adam and Eve in chapter 2 of Genesis.

You know it says in the Word that we were fearfully and wonderfully made speaking of while we were in our mother's womb as God created and molded us there. But Adam the first man and Eve were not created and molded that way. You hear that we were in God's mind before we were ever concieved God knew us.

I sorta think this was the kind of thing that was going on within the text or at least that is what I have seen in my meditation of the word in this area. Just some thoughts I thought others and yourself would be interested in.

blessings

OC