Yes, Pastor Anderson here, how you doing? Hi, Pastor Steven Anderson. I just have a
question on Genesis 1 27, uh, talking about being created in the
image of God. Right. Uh, I just want to know,
how do you define being created in the image of God?
I believe that that means in His likeness, because that, you know, the Bible
uses those terms both in His image and in His likeness, which means
that basically we look the way that God looks, in the sense that
we have eyes and a nose and a mouth and ears, hands,
feet. Basically, God doesn't look like an animal. He looks like a man.
But, uh, is this going towards men or women or both?
Well, it specifically is only referring to men, because
in 1 Corinthians chapter 11, it clearly says
that the man should not cover his head. This is 1 Corinthians 11 7,
for a man indeed ought not to cover his head for as much as he is the image and
glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
So basically, the Bible's saying that the man should specifically
not cover his head because he's in the image of God,
whereas the woman is supposed to cover her head.
So therefore, if she were also in the image of God,
1 Corinthians 11 7 would make absolutely no sense.
So God is not female. God does not look female. God looks
male. God is man, not woman. So then you would say that women are
created in the image of what? Of man? Well, no, because women do not look
exactly like men. They look somewhat different.
So what are they created in the image of then?
Well, I guess they're just a unique model.
You know, they're just a spin-off from mankind.
So then what does Galatians 3 28 mean when it says that we are all one
in Christ Jesus? Yeah, the Bible says there's neither Jew
nor Greek, there's neither bond nor free, there's neither male nor female, for
you're all one in Christ Jesus is simply saying that we have the same
value, we have the same purpose, we have the same importance.
Spiritually, we're not the one better than the other, because if you think
about it, Jew versus Gentile, the Jews thought
that they were better, and he's saying no, in Christ there is
neither Jew nor Greek, and then maybe people who are free
thought that they were better than slaves.
So he says there is neither bond nor free, and then people might think that
men are better than women. He's saying no, there is no male or female. You're all
one in Christ Jesus. If you're Christ, you're Abraham's seed and heirs
according to the promise. So women are are heirs just as much as
men are heirs. We both have the same inheritance.
It doesn't mean that we look the same, I mean, look in the mirror, you know, you
don't look like a man, right? So there you go. It's a different
likeness. So that verse has no correlation in
being created in the image of God? No, yeah, it doesn't mention anything
about the image of God in that verse. All right, thank you. Yep, God bless, thank
you.