Man Made In God's Image

Man Made in God's Image

1689 Baptist Confession of Faith – Chapter 4 – Of Creation

In What Way(s) Is Man Unique In God's Creation? – Or, are we as humans, just a higher form of a primate animal or are we different? – We are VERY DIFFERENT, because we bear the image of God! – ‘being made after the image of God, in knowledge, righteousness and true holiness.' Whatever we are—God is the original and we are copies (Genesis 1:26-28; 5:1). MAN is a unique image-bearer and representative of God (a living, visible replica) to the rest of creation of what God is like.

Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (p.205-6) - ‘According to Scripture the essence of man consists in this, that he is in the image of God. As such he is distinguished from all other creatures and stands supreme as the head and crown of the entire creation¼ The doctrine of the image of God in man is of greatest importance in theology, for that image is the expression of that which is most distinctive in man and in his relation to God...