God s Image
the image of the invisible God. Colossians 1:15
hen Paul says that Christ is \"the image of the invisible
1，\" he means that Christ came to give us a visible expres-
L of a God who is invisible. \"He who has seen me has seen
Father，\" Jesus told his disciples. That is why no one with
:ss to a Bible can claim ignorance of what God is like.
But he is much more than that. Jesus Christ is a reflection
s of what man was intended to be.
One of the remarkable， enigmatic things about man is his
~ophrenia. Creativity oozes from his pores. He can do
h magnificent things. Walk around the world with half an
open， and you ll be awestruck at the sheer brilliance of
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At the same time， however， we humans are capable of
，plicable cruelty and hostility. We pervert and pollute the
st precious and beautiful things in the most dastardly，
cardly way imaginable.
How can these two impulses co-exist? How can man-
d be so creative and yet so destructive? I submit that the
y adequate theory sees mankind as having a marred
tige of the divine image. We were created perfect， but
fell. Then Christ came into the world， and against a
en humanity， he stands supreme. In so doing he demon-
~tes how far we have fallen.
If ever we want to know how we re doing as human
ngs， we mustn t compare ourselves with ourselves. In-
ad we must measure ourselves against Jesus， the image of
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