Anthropology · Foundational
The Image of God
Every human being is made in the image of God: marred by sin but not erased, and restored in Christ, the image of the invisible God.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
Show from Genesis 1, 5, and 9 and James 3:9 that every person is made in God's image, before and after the Fall.
2
Describe the main views of what the image is, and explain why it belongs to the whole person, made like God and for God.
3
Explain how sin marred the image without erasing it, and how Christ, the image of the invisible God, restores it in believers.
4
Apply the image of God to human dignity, the sanctity of life from conception, male and female, and the sin of racism.
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