The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 258

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IV.

Image and Likeness. *'

Let Us make after

Glorious after His

own

man

in

likeness."

Our image, Gen.

i.

26.

the divine utterance that introduces the origin and

is

man

creation of

Our

:

And God

"

created

man

image

likeness; after the

His own image and

after

God

of

created

He him"

(Dutch translation).

The

significance of these important

by the well-known ing to him

image, side of

it

professor, Dr.

should read:

the image

i.e.,

him

in God.

is

Man

words was recently discussed

Edward

Bohl, of Vienna.

created

is

"

in" not

"

Accord-

ajter" God's

not found in man's nature or being, but out-

Man was merely

set in

the radiance of that

Hence, remaining in its light, he would live in that image. But stepping out of it, he would fall and retain but his own nature, which before and after the fall is the same.*

image.

In the discussion of the corruption of the human nature we will consider this opinion of the highly esteemed professor of Vienna.

Let us state here simply that we reject this opinion, in which see a return to

Rome's

errors.

we

Dr. Bohl's negative character of

we can not

which

is

the basis of this representation,

Moreover,

it

opposes the doctrine of the Incarnation, and of Sancti-

sin,

fication as held

be

by the Reformed Church.

Hence we believe

safest, first to explain the confession of the fathers

this,

and then

to

show

entertain.

that this representation

is

it

to

concerning

inconsistent with

the Word.

In the

Dutch the preposition "in

"

has not the meaning of "conform-

ably to," as in the English, but denotes rest or motion within limits,

whether of place, time, or circumstances. With nouns or adjectives the word governed by " in " indicates the sphere, the domain where a property manifests itself. Hence the Dutch expression, "Geschapen in het beeld God's" (created in the divine image), indicates the sphere in which before he fell. Trans.

moved

Adam

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