What does it truly mean to be made in the image of God? What does this phrase mean to you personally?
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What does it truly mean to be made in the image of God? What does this phrase mean to you personally?
Maybe we aren't that much different than God, though he's a whole lot smarter than we are.What does it truly mean to be made in the image of God? What does this phrase mean to you personally?
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The image is personal...but I am not answering as opinion.What does it truly mean to be made in the image of God? What does this phrase mean to you personally?
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What does it truly mean to be made in the image of God? What does this phrase mean to you personally?
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Yes it does have form....the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus at His baptism in the form of a dove.Jhn 4:24
God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
A spirit has no form
Can you see the spirit of God that is in you?Yes it does have form....the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus at His baptism in the form of a dove.
Appeared as cloven flames of fire on the Day of Pentecost. "SPIRIT" means wind in Hebrew and the Holy Spirit is referred to as a rushing mighty wind.
The physical world that we see today was without form, and void and darkness was the earth...
“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
— Genesis 1:2 (KJV)
When God gave it form it came from His own mouth...it produced out of His own essence.
The physical was created by the spiritual..
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”
— Hebrews 11:3 (KJV)
“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
— 2 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV)
So what purpose would there be for Jesus to declare He has prepared a place for you for in His Father's "HOUSE" are many mansions.
Would a spirit have any need of a house? A mansion? And what about God...He "sits" on His throne in Heaven.
These are all very complex truths that we still are trying to understand. But when God said He made man in His image...He meant in His image.
Amen?
Jm2c worth...God Bless
“Both ‘image’ and ‘likeness’ speak of resemblance.”
Man as the Image of God - The Gospel Coalition
Man resemble God. Do angels resemble God?
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Working with the human data given in the book of Genesis, I think we may
safely conclude that God is:
1» a person
2» sentient
3» regulated
4» responsible
5» plural
6» intelligent
7» sociable
8» verbal
9» imaginative
10» conscionable
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According to Deut 6:4, God is a singularity. However, according to the
Bible's very first three verses; He wears more than one hat.
» God as Himself (Gen 1:1)
» God as His spirit (Gen 1:2)
» God as His voice (Gen 1:3)
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It means we have arms and legs, a face etc. And God is in that same human form. Both God the Father and Jesus the Christ.What does it truly mean to be made in the image of God? What does this phrase mean to you personally?
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I suppose you need to define form....Can you see the spirit of God that is in you?
When Christ was raised a spiritual body there would be no way for him to pass through the hardened grave cloths (which were still intact) if there was any form to Him.
I think you expressed what I was saying with the Hebrew definition of Spirit…being that of wind….no form
Many years ago, before getting into the Word my occupation was operating devil spirits…(fallen angels) I can assure you ...spirit or spirit beings do not have form…But they can take on form… be they good …or fallen.