• Genesis 1:26-27
    Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
     
  • Romans 8:29-31
    For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
     
  • 1 Corinthians 15:49
    And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
     
  • Colossians 1:15
    He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
     
  • 2 Corinthians 3:18
    But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
     
  • Hebrews 1:3
    who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
     
  • 1 John 3:2
    Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
     
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Resources

Image and Likeness of God (Part One)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Man was made in the physical image and likeness of God, which means God has real form and shape, a spirit body that served as the model for mankind. Since God authored Scripture and revealed Himself through it, His own statements should be taken at face value rather than dismissed as figures of speech or abstractions about …


Image and Likeness of God (Part Two)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Man is made in God's image and likeness in the plain sense of bodily form and shape, so God Himself has form: a face, hands, feet, a waist, and a voice. Genesis 1's tselem , demooth , and the New Testament icon mostly refer to what can be seen, as when the same words describe idols. They also extend to intellectual, moral, and …


Image and Likeness of God (Part Four)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Being made in God's image, as Genesis 1 states, means sharing His actual form and shape as well as His mental and moral capacities. No scripture limits the image to intellect and morality, and the same passages that credit man with those faculties credit God with them too, yet no one concludes that man lacks a body. God is …


Image and Likeness of God (Part Five)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Humans are made in God's image in form and shape, since God has a body of substance with the same parts as ours, is located in one place at one time, and gathers information the way we do, by seeing, hearing, inspecting, testing, and sending agents to report. We also bear His image in intellectual, moral, and spiritual powers, …


Image and Likeness of God (Part Three)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Man is in God's image and likeness in a literal sense: God is Spirit, but spirit is real substance, not a formless essence. Angels in Genesis 18-19 and Daniel 10 speak, eat, grab, touch, and reason, and they are cast down and bound in Revelation, so spirit beings are tangible. The resurrected Christ invited the disciples to …


'Like Father, Like Son'

CGG Weekly by John Reiss

God declares His purpose early in Genesis 1:26, stating, Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. Mankind was created after the God-kind, not merely as adopted, but as sired by God Himself. Luke 3:38 records Adam as the son of God, emphasizing this direct connection. Beyond physical creation, Christians are …


God's Master Plan

Bible Study by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

God states His goal to make man in His own image. By using both image and likeness, God explained that He would create man to be just like Him. Man would not only look like God, but humanity would also have a spiritual ability to understand His nature and learn to conform to it. Through the experiences of life and the process of …


God's Non-Transmittable Attributes (Part Two): Omnipresence

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

The Bible describes God with the same body parts as humans, thereby confirming that He possesses shape and form and manifests in a specific location. This description rests upon the creation of humanity in the image and likeness of God. The same principle applies to the Son, who, together with the Father, maintains an autonomous …



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