Desultory notes and musings:
1.
Gen. 1.26, 27; 5.1; 9.6; 1 Cor. 11.17; James
3.9
2. Retained after fall but twisted and distorted; in regeneration, in progressive process of restoration, but not fully so until death in the intermediate state for believers; reunited to body in the resurrection at the second coming
3.
Qualities at creation: personhood, rational,
affectional, volitional, dominionist, morally admirable, and self-conscious of
self and communion with God
4.
But, at and after the fall, becomes twisted,
distorted and dynamically energized against God in several senses from crude
expressions to less crude, but refined redefinitions of God that are,
nonetheless, defamatory, disrespectful and irreverent
5.
This remains a very good series for beginners
exploring the consequences of the fall and the “image of God.” http://www.ligonier.org/store/a-shattered-image-cd/
6. Ligonier’s product
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7. Very
appropriate in connection with Morning Prayer from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer:
Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture
moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and
wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of
Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly,
penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the
same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times,
humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when
we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we
have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his
most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as
well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are
here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the
throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me;
Almighty
and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost
sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We
have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we
ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have
done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, who confess their faults. Restore
thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in
Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we
may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy
Name. Amen.
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