Summary
Then God said, let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over the all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon it. And when sin entered in through Adam and Eve and a son was born, mankind was no longer created in the image of God, but created in man's image, created in the image of sin, sinful man. But when mankind was repopulated through Noah, through his sons, through their wives, we see that wickedness did not end because mankind continued to be made in the image of mankind. What I think is very interesting here is that God was not saying that he had once again made perfect creation because those who were repopulating the earth, they were still in the image of man. If we look at verses 18 and 19 in 2 Corinthians 5, it says, all this, the old going away, the new creation that is all this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation that is increased. We are brought once again into relationship made once again in the image of God through Christ and Christ alone.
Video citations
- “A New Creation” 1-1-23 — Our text today is out of second Corinthians chapter 5, but we're not starting there. I want everyone to hold out their hand. Yes, for real. Hold out your hand. Now concentrate really, really hard…