The Image of God Restored

“And God said, ‘Let us make man in our image’.” Genesis 1:26

At the beginning of mankind’s existence, we were made in the image of God. With Adam’s fall we had that image marred by sin from the point of conception. But Jesus Christ came to restore Adam’s fallen race and make all things new. He said to Nicodemus, “Ye must be born again.” We must be remade in the image of God as at the beginning of our existence. Once restored through His grace and made into His child, we should desire to live according to the new image He has placed in us.

Paul likes the phrase, “That ye henceforth no longer live” as we did when our life was bound up in our sinful nature. Then Paul says, “But put on” the new nature of Christ in you. We cannot do this by ourselves; we must let Christ do it in us by our yieldedness to the Holy Spirit who directs our steps in holy living. Then we can sing, “From glory to glory He’s changing me” back into the image of God. 

Dear Father, Let Your image be seen in me for Your glory sake. Amen 

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