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THE DOCTRINE OF MAN. I. THE CREATION AND ORIGINAL CONDITION OF MAN. 1. MAN MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD. Gen.1:26 -- "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." 9:6 -- "For in the image of God made he man." What is meant by the terms image and likeness? Image.
Definition. The Christian doctrine of humanity sees the human person as made in God’s image, either a man or a woman by God’s making, fallen through Adam’s historical sin, formed for vocation unto God, and redeemable in and through the God-man, Jesus Christ.
A proper understanding of sin is necessary for a proper understanding of salvation. All of these doctrines are intertwined. There are several helpful books on the biblical doctrine of man, man’s will, and man’s sin. I’ve listed below some that I’ve found particularly useful.
The Origin of Man – There are (at least) three main theories concerning the origin of man. A. Atheistic evolution – This theory holds that man is the accidental and random product of a blind...
Man was not an afterthought of some kind, or the result of blind evolutionary forces, but was created according to the purpose, plan, and good pleasure of God. In Genesis 1:26 God says “let us make man….” Second, man has a certain place as the pinnacle of creation. We are made in the “image” of God.
The Doctrine of Man-Man was created in God’s own image, innocent, morally free and responsible to choose between good and evil. Through the disobedience of our first parents, spiritual death was passed on to their posterity.
The image of a God is a biblical doctrine regarding the nature and purpose of mankind. Genesis 1:27 states that God made man “in his own image,” meaning that the human race was granted a particular likeness to God. Summary.
The Doctrine of Man. Why study man after studying the doctrine of God? The knowledge of God and man are connected. Calvin writes, “Nearly all wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and ourselves.”1.
But in contrast to empirical and philosophical anthropology, it sees the answer to the psalmist's question to be found fundamentally in our relationship with God. This usually involves two aspects: man as created in God’s image and then man as a fallen human being – a sinner – before God.
to the study of the doctrine of man. So the purpose is to explore what the Bible teaches about man, before and after the fall and the entrance of sin into the world. In this present lecture, we will ex-plore the doctrine of The Freedom of Man’s Will. So first of all, we will begin by looking briefly at a passage of Scripture, to open up our con-