Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Volume 7
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Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Volume 7.
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“The image of God in man as functional holism means that God made human beings, both male and female, to be created and finite representations (images of God) of God’s own nature, that in relationship with him and each other, they might be his representatives (imaging God) in carrying out the responsibilities he has given to them. In this sense, we are images of God in order to image God and his purposes in the ordering of our lives and carrying out of our God-given responsibilities.” (Volume 7, Number 1, Page 17)
“The image must be seen in man’s threefold relationship: toward God, toward others, and toward nature.12” (Volume 7, Number 1, Page 17)
“The functional view also has merit biblically in that it rightly points to the double imperative in Gen. 1:26–28 of man to rule over the earthly creation. I agree with those who say that this connection cannot be accidental; it rather must play a central role in our understanding of what it means to be created in the image of God. Yet, function always and only follows essence. Put differently, what something can do is an expression of what it is. So, obviously to the extent that human beings as made in the image of God has to do with their functioning a certain way, then behind this must be truth about their being made a certain way, by which (and only by which) they are able to carry out their God-ordained functioning.” (Volume 7, Number 1, Page 16)
“it is the functioning of man who is responsible to act as God’s representative over creation that shows us as him images” (Volume 7, Number 1, Page 16)
“Thus, there is a sense in which the image includes the physical body.” (Volume 7, Number 1, Page 17)
- Title: Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Volume 7
- Authors: Bruce Ware, Rob Lister, Todd Miles, Jared Hallal, Randy Stinson
- Series: Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
- Publisher: Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:gs_jbmw_07
- Resource Type: Journal
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