Q&A#12: God’s Image

On April 15, 2019 By BrianIn PASSION Catechism

Q/A#12
Q: After what pattern did God create us?
A: God created us in his own image to be relational and rational, to both work and rest, and to live morally upright in all things.

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion…. – Genesis 1:26a (ESV)

See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes. – Ecclesiastes 7:29 (ESV)

For Further Reflection
Genesis 2:3, 15-20

Our Response
Live as an image-bearer of God
Praise God for who he made you to be

Designed to Image God

On October 25, 2013 By BrianIn Identity, PASSION Quotes

Humans are designed to image or reflect God their Creator (Gen. 1:26-27). Don’t let the subtlety of this escape you. Our design as humans inherently requires something to image – God…. And when we don’t image him, by default we image ourselves and elevate ourselves as god. This is the height of idolatry…. We humans fail to grasp that we are most human when we image God. We vainly seek an image of our own to bear, hoping to project a self-image so captivating that others will love and accept us.
– Bill Clem in Disciple