
Originally Posted by
jovipeorliohacokijo
before you will know if God is personal or impersonal, check first unsa created in God's own image and likeness when God created man.
Unsa diay ang same image sa God bro nga dili makita? is it the physical body of man nga makita?
Bro kung imong sabton ang creation account, dunay difference ang pagbuhat niya sa mga animals, plants, etc ug sa atua. Mao nang nakalahi sa human over animals coz we have this inherent qualities sa ginoo like Intellect, Will and Emotion, etc. kaning butanga dili nimo makita sa uban creations. Ang PERSONHOOD nato bro dili na makita,
pero maila nimo ang usa ka creation kung person ba sya or not if naa sya at least anang 3 ka attribute sa Ginoo! INTELLECT, WILL and EMOTION.
The creation of all living creatures was introduced with the repeated phrase "according to its kind" (Genesis 1:21
, 24-25). The introduction of man seems to break the pattern, as it does not say, "The earth will bring forth man according to his kind." However, the pattern isn't broken at all. Rather, in verse 26 God announced,
"Let Us make man after Our image, according to Our likeness"—to resemble God.
What does it mean that man is made in the image of God?
"And God saith, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth,’" (
Gen. 1:26).
Some people think that being made in the image of
God deals with the physical likeness, as if God has a body of flesh and blood. This is not the case.
Jesus tells us that God, in reference to the Father, is spirit (
John 4:24) and the spirit does not have flesh and bones (
Luke 24:39). Therefore, it cannot be true that we are made in the image of God the Father in the sense that God the Father has a body of flesh and bones.
So then, what does it mean to be made in the image of God? It means that we are made in his likeness in that we have some of the same attributes that God has. For example, God is rational (
Isaiah 1:18) and so are we. God can love (
John 3:16) and so can we. God can hate (
Psalm 5:5;
11:5) and so can we. Because we are made in God's image we are able to have compassion, mercy, grace, fellowship, friendship, etc. However, as God is all knowing, we are not. God is ever present, but we are not.
So, the image of God in us means that we are like him in some, not all, of his attributes.
What does it mean to be made in the image of God? | Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry