Posts in Image and Identity
Image Bearers, Equals and Heirs

The Word of God and its declaration of equality is clear. Both sexes represent ‘Man’, both sexes were blessed and both sexes were made in His likeness in the creative process. This tells us that male and female were always designed for relationship being in oneness ‘Mankind’. It assures us that not only are both sexes blessed by the Creator, but each has been created to bear the image of God.

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Son of Man or Son of God

Humankind has nothing more than natural life, but in those who accept Jesus, the spirit has been illuminated – the light of God has awakened within you and now you have supernatural life. You have been utterly transformed. The magnitude of this miracle is no less than taking dry bones from the ground and transforming those dead and dried up things into a person with the fullness of life. You have been called back from the dead.

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God is all about relationship

Genesis 1:26 is remarkable. The sudden use of the plural “Let Us”, and “Our likeness” directs our thoughts to the Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That God is three persons in one tells a simple truth, God is relationship, and if He made us in his likeness, then we have been made to reflect His character in the relationships we build with each other.

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