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.
I Corinthians 11:7 in context is speaking of blood-washed believers who have had that image ‘restored’ through salvation. Man reflects the image and glory of God, but the poor woman in the passage only reflects the glory of the man.
Same with the passage in James . . . only born again believers may bless the Father.
As far as James ‘likeness’ of God . . . it is handy to have so many translations of the Bible because it lets folks make it say what they want it to say.
Similitude speaks of a resemblance, it is that man is a tripartite creature (body, soul and spirit).
>>>innocence is not the image of God<<<
Adam and Eve were created perfect just as is the Lord Jesus Christ. He was covered in God’s glory which was lost at the fall (which is why they knew then that they were naked).
Sinful man is not perfect in any sense . . . but the redeemed man is perfect in Christ.
>>>innocence is not the image of God<<<
Adam and Eve were created perfect just as is the Lord Jesus Christ. He was covered in God’s glory which was lost at the fall (which is why they knew then that they were naked).
Sinful man is not perfect in any sense . . . but the redeemed man is perfect in Christ.