Welcome to Defenders, the teaching class of Dr. William Lane Craig.

Today, the Doctrine of Man, Part 3.

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We are in our new section of the Defenders's class studying the doctrine of man, and we've

been looking at the notion of man as created in the image of God.

And we looked last time at a number of verses, primarily in Genesis, that indicate that man is made in God's image and likeness.

Now, you'll notice that there's no indication in the biblical text

that this image or likeness is lost through the fall of man into sin.

In fact, in the command in Genesis 9 and verse 6, where the rationale

for capital punishment is given, it says that man is created in the image of God,

even in his fallen state.

So even fallen man retains the divine image in which he was created.

So there isn't any indication in the biblical text that this image or likeness to God is

something that is lost through the human fall into sin.

Let's talk briefly about Christ is the image of God.

There's another use of the word image with respect to God's image.

That is to say, Christ is the image of God. In Colossians chapter 1 and verse 15,

it says that Christ is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation,

Colossians 115. Now, this is quite a different use of the expression

image of God. Here, Christ is said to be the visible representation of the invisible God.

In a special sense, then, that is not true of Adam and Eve, Christ is God's

image. Finally, let's say a word about man in Christ as the image of God. Thirdly, man in Christ is said to be conformed to Christ's image. Romans chapter 8 and

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