[Pilgrim's Progress]

>>>The fact that we are made in the image of God makes us all valuable from the point of conception.<<<

Actually . . . this is wrong. ADAM was made in the image and likeness of God - then he fell and lost his innocence. All of his children which includes us are all made in the image and likeness of sinful man - the glory was lost in Eden.

“God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them” (Genesis 1:26-27).

When we are individually redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ we receive new status as a ‘new creature in Christ’ and ‘Christ in us the hope of glory.’

[ShadowAce]

God did not say "Let Us make a man in our image." He said "Let Us make man in our image."

Given that God is omniscient, and He would know that Adam would fall, I think He said exactly what He meant.

We are all made in His image--and that is evidenced by our eternal soul.

[dartuser]

Actually . . . this is wrong. ADAM was made in the image and likeness of God - then he fell and lost his innocence.

A 5 second search of the scriptures shows that innocence is not the image of God. Even after the fall the Bible affirms the image of God in man ...

You are making a grave error here ...

For example ... James 3:9 ... when discussing the tongue ... he specifically says

9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;

The institution of capital punishment and death of an animal who kills a man is all based on the image of God in man. If we did not possess the image of God, even after the fall, there would be no reason for capital punishment.

Then there is 1 Cor. 11:7, the clearest NT passage that affirms the image of God in man AFTER the fall.

No one will dispute that the image of God in man has been infected by the fall ... but we still are a reflection of God in form, function and rulership.

[Elsie]

Actually . . . this is wrong. ADAM was made in the image and likeness of God - then he fell and lost his innocence. All of his children which includes us are all made in the image and likeness of sinful man - the glory was lost in Eden.

Actually . . . this is possibly wrong.

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Genesis 5:3-4

When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.