Questions tagged [image-of-god]
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Does it say anywhere in Scripture that the Holy Spirit is a "person"? [closed]
I've read that the church fathers refer to the Holy Spirit as the third "person" of the Trinity, and some (most?) denominations teach that the Holy Spirit is a "person". I would ...
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How can Jesus be God if he represents God? (Hebrews 1:3)
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His being, upholds all things by the power of His word. After He had
provided purification for sins, He sat down at the ...
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Does "He is the image of the invisible God" Imply that Jesus is not God?
Colossians 1:15 [ESV]:
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
I've heard both trinitarians and unitarians use this verse as support of their position. Usually, I see ...
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John 1:18: If no man has ever seen God, and Jesus is God, then how could any man have seen Jesus? [closed]
Exodus 33:20
But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and
live.”
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the only begotten Son, who is at the
Father’s side, has revealed Him.
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What is the image of God in Genesis? [duplicate]
In the Genesis accounts of creation, God executes a plan he has had to create man in his image and give him authority over the earth.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after ...
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For John 1:18, which of these four translations come closest to the original Greek?
No man has ever seen God, unless the only begotten Son, the one at the Father’s side, reveals him.
No man has ever seen God, but the only begotten Son who is at the Father’s side has revealed him.
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Was mankind (adam) created in the image and likeness of God's heavenly assembly; where the Adam was made head over the rest of mankind as God's image?
Does scripture teach in Gen. 1:26-28; that (a collective) man (H120, adam, i.e. mankind, the general word used for man, cp. Ex 4:11); was made after the image and likeness of God's heavenly ...
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Is Humanity God's Idol?
I just went down a rabbit hole of deep thought. I was listening to Joel Osteen and on his recent podcast. He seems to be advocating for prostitutes. By of course pointing to Rahab and the woman Jesus ...
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Let Us make man in Our Image [duplicate]
How is the creation of the physical first man an image of the spiritual God?
What is the “design” of the first man that represents “Our image?”
Gen 1:26, 27 - Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our ...
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God is unchanging. In Christ He is fully God, and fully Man. Christ is preexistent. Was His body created, and is He still human in heaven? [closed]
"Include all the information someone would need to answer your question." I'm, uh, asking it cause I'm not sure of the answer? John 8:58 reads "Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I ...
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In Light of Deuteronomy 4:15 & John 4:24 how to understand the image and likeness in Genesis 1:26? [duplicate]
We are initial told that when God created humankind he made him in his image and likeness.
Genesis 1:26 ESV
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have ...
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Why were there negative consequences for becoming "like God" when God had already made mankind in the image of himself?
I am of the Protestant church and seeking some understanding of a concept from the book of Genesis. I will try to summarize this as succinctly as I can.
Genesis 1:27, states that God created mankind ...
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How do we interpret Gen. 1:26 in light of Gen. 2:7,21,22; 4:1?
In Gen. 1:26 we read:
And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over ...
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What does "image" mean in "He is the image of the invisible God", Colossians 1:15?
Colossians 1:15
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation". ESV
1 Peter 2:24
"He himself bore our sins in his body".
If a coin has someone's head on ...
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Are only Males (Men) made in the image of God and not Women?
I saw in a comment someone say God created men (human males) in His image, but not women in His image (although He did create women), and He gave men not women dominion. That statement got several ...
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