When you hear the phrase “imago Dei” or “image of God”, what does it make you think?
I’ve been studying the idea that we’re created in the image of God for the beginning of a sermon series this Sunday. The series is “Lessons from Eden”, but we’re beginning by exploring the idea that God created us to be in his image. What does this phrase mean and what does it mean for our life- what are the implications? I find that God’s instructions to us to be frutful and fill the earth, and to rule it to be keys.
I think the image above is helpful. Here we see Christ’s image created by the images of others. God creates his people in his image to represent him to others, to be his workers in his creation, and to fill the earth with knowlege of him. There is a gift in this- the affirmation of our worth as creations of God, and not just regular creations, but ones uniquely in his image. And there’s also a challenge- to bear that image to the world. A high privelege and call indeed.
