Shared Images
October 17th, 2011 Posted in writingJesus said that since human beings bear God’s image and likeness, they belong to God. It’s wonderful for us to know that we bear the divine image, for it tells us that we are in a special relationship with God. But if you think about it for a moment, doesn’t God himself bear our image and likeness ever since the Word of God became human in Jesus?
To believe this means the human and divine can’t be pulled apart. Because of God’s gracious creating us in his image and then God’s taking our image onto himself, divinity will always be part of who we are and humanity will always be part of who God is.
If all this is true, then how does that affect how you treat someone who physically abuses his or her spouse?
Any thoughts about this?
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