The Image of God

Love, Body, Mind, Spirit by Agape Marriage and Family Counse... by Christopher Stacy Times, MA, LCDC-I

Episode notes

I. God Created Man in His Image Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” • In this passage we find the word “image”. This word has a Hebrew root, according to Strongs H6754 and that word is “selem”, meaning to shade. The entomology of this word H6749 gives us the imagery of “to hover over” or to provide shelter. • Psalm 91:1 “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.” Sel is an intimate style of communication and God uses this term in this verse. (H6738) Introduction of the term: Divine Anthropology • Asks the question: Who are we? • Asked the question: Who do we represent? Below is a contrast: 2 Kings 11:18 ESV “Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they brok ... 

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