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3 days ago · Commentators connect the picture of God as a Father to the rebirth metaphor that Peter uses to describe believers’ salvation (v. 3). John Elliott writes, “The metaphor of God as father . . . implies God as progenitor and the believing community as God’s family or household (2:5; 4:17) and ‘brotherhood’ (2:17; 5:9).”
Apr 15, 2024 · This includes depictions of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. If we have not already been convinced, we will move now past Exodus 20:4-6 and look at a range of Scriptures that demonstrate the foolishness and sinfulness of using images of God. Let us hear the whole counsel of the Word of God. 1. God is Spirit
3 days ago · What we discover is this astounding piece of information: God, who stands wholly opposed to any graven images or false idols (Exodus 20:4-6) — God, who for all intents and purposes is an iconoclast God — allows himself to be represented by living, breathing images: the humanity he created.
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1 day ago · Unique Relationship with Father. Divine fatherhood is the controlling concept of God in 1 Peter (1:2, 3, 17). Commentators connect the picture of God as a Father to the rebirth metaphor that Peter uses to describe believers’ salvation (v. 3). John Elliott writes, “The metaphor of God as father . . . implies God as progenitor and the ...
Apr 17, 2024 · A photograph or statue of a person represents that person. As God’s image-bearers, we reflect His image! “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face” (1 Corinthians 13:12). Despite the fall of man into sin and into the curse, we still reflect God’s image. That’s why God instituted capital punishment.
Genesis 1:26-27 confirms Colossians 1:15-16 that The Father created us in the image of Jesus Christ Colossians 1:15-16 “15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for ...
5 days ago · Jesus’ references to God as “my Father” share similarities with the personal, familial address of God found among a select group of Jewish wonder workers (Poirer 2008, 824–825). The earliest of these figures, Honi the Circle-Drawer (first century CE), framed his prayers as if he were “a member of [God’s] household.”