"...although it is common to think that Christians are merely sinners saved by grace – depraved worms ever deserving of the deity’s dumpster of destruction – who are graciously granted a share in eternal life, that should not be our conclusion. Instead, we should think of ourselves as saints who sometimes sin.[2] What defines us is not who were once were apart from Jesus, but who we are being conformed to the image of the Son (Rom 8:29) and who we shall be revealed to be as the glorious children of God (Rom 8:19). " Yes, excellent.
How do you see the relationship/connection between the Imago Dei of Genesis and "the image of the Son" in Romans?
Well said.
Thanks Randy.
"...although it is common to think that Christians are merely sinners saved by grace – depraved worms ever deserving of the deity’s dumpster of destruction – who are graciously granted a share in eternal life, that should not be our conclusion. Instead, we should think of ourselves as saints who sometimes sin.[2] What defines us is not who were once were apart from Jesus, but who we are being conformed to the image of the Son (Rom 8:29) and who we shall be revealed to be as the glorious children of God (Rom 8:19). " Yes, excellent.
How do you see the relationship/connection between the Imago Dei of Genesis and "the image of the Son" in Romans?