In the Image of God - Brian Knowles - December 1977

Brian Knowles

All of us bear the image of the God who created us. If all of us realized what that meant, the world would be a far different place in which to live. so God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them... And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good" (Gen. 1:27, 31). Perhaps the above is the most profound and inspiring theological statement in the entirety of the Bible. Man had been created in the express image of the living God! What an incredible, awe-inspiring thought! What implications it has! Consider for a moment what it means to bear the image of God. Every human being who has ever walked the face of this good green earth has borne the likeness of God - no matter how tall, short, maimed, crippled, sick, healthy or whatever. No matter what race or ethnic group one has sprung from he or she bears the image of God. Eve is described as "the mother of all living" (Gen. 3:20). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library