The Resurrection Of God 's Glory

In John Wesley's sermon on the, "Image of God" was saying that man was created by God in His likeness. He put Himself into man as He would allow. He made us lords over all things of the Earth. (Gen 1:26) In some ways, He made us not just lords over the earth, but over ourselves, over our choices and actions. When man disobeyed God, he became separated from God and died. He was no longer the visible image of God. The things that were true, now seemed false. Sickness and negative emotions started to reside in man. He placed his own wants before God. "He said in the garden, "Not Your will, but mine." Now man has fallen in disgrace and death is chasing him. Even though man had fallen away from God. God chose a way for man, to be restored, but man will have to humble himself and acknowledge his sinful condition. We need to renew our minds, because we may be restored to a relationship with God, but we are still affected and infected by our sinful flesh and lustful minds.

In the beginning humans ate from the tree of knowledge and were expelled from paradise. Thus all humans were damned, jesus the son of God who is innocent comes and dies for you through his death we are to be saved.

Humankind was created in the image of God; He gave them like characteristics such as compassion, love, and faithfulness. In Genesis 3 we learn of the Fall of Humanity, which introduces not only sin into the world but also pain. (“Lecture 3”, 2015) After the Fall human nature is then scarred by sin, humans are born sinful by nature. In Genesis 4 Cain brings murder into the world; from here we see humanity relentlessly depart from the wisdom of God. (“Lecture 3”, 2015) Only by accepting Jesus Christ into their hearts, can they atone for their sins and get right with the Lord.

When God chose to redeem humanity by assuming our form, He was paying mankind the highest compliment through showing man the depth of His love. Jesus’ incarnation is a sign that God’s high esteem for humanity has not wavered since creation, He still deems us redeemable, despite how often we betray Him through repeated occurrences of sin. This is seen in the Yahwist account of creation (genesis 2: ), which is reflexive of God’s high esteem for mankind, where He creates the world around man, giving him dominion over all the earth’s creatures, bestowing upon him the ability to name all the flora and fauna that He creates. Of all the creatures God made, human beings were the creation He entrusted to tend to His garden, to ensure that our longevity

The subject of incarnation: It was not the triune God but the second person of the Trinity (Logos) that assumed human nature; it’s better to say “the Word became flesh than that God became man” (the pre-existent Son of God assumes human nature and takes to Himself human flesh and blood), It shows the infinite can and does enter into finite relations, and that the supernatural can in some way enter the historical life of the world.

By accepting our imperfections, yet striving to be good followers, we remain in God's grace. When man attempts to rise to God's level, punishment and destruction happens. Despite earthly attempts to attain divine status, God forgives us time and time again, only because we accept that we are sinners and atone. Adam and Eve, in many ways, saved mankind from damnation by falling in the garden. Had they not committed the sin they did they would remain perfect, only setting the stage for larger and more significant sin, such as the one Satan committed. Theoretically, such a sin could completely isolate humans from God, such as it did with Satan. Therefore, man should be grateful that God gave us the freedom to fall and make our own choices. While God may have wanted and set the stage for Adam and Eve to fall, the choice was still theirs. Likewise, God knew the fall would come, but he also knew a greater eternal saving would follow. The fall was essential for the prolongation and maturation of God's people. The idea of an original greater plan, while not particularly satisfying, is congruent with the metaphysical dilemma of why God gave man free will yet baited them to fall from perfection. Similar to good parenting, God allowed man to make a mistake and proceeded to punish them. Thus, by showing us tough love along with relentless mercy, God essentially molds man to be flawed yet wholesome followers and prevents man from having an unforgivable fall that parallels that of Satan. Lastly, God shows his greater plan of having a sinful but saved following by sending His Son, Jesus, to die for and atone our

The hypostatic union described the integration between Jesus’ humanity and divinity in a single individual. Jesus, is not only considered the incarnate son, he is also considered to be the Second Divine Person. Within the hypostatic union, there are two aspects that help in understanding this union. These are the ontological and physiological aspects.

44 The body seeded in corruption is raised in spiritual body. 45 The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 47 The first man was earthy: the second man was the Lord from heaven. 48 There are the earthy, and there are the heavenly. 49 Those in Christ were borne the image of the earthy, but shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Accepting Jesus as savior is a graduate into the heavenly, same as Christ Jesus.

Humanity was created out of God and for God. Prior to the Fall, Adam and Eve were perfect in image and likeness of God. Their dominion over the created order was one of appropriate and dignifying use to offer it back to God

As with most other Pauline attributed documents, 1 Corinthians is believed to be a single document that addresses salient topics and rationalizes Paul’s view of faithfulness to Christ with Corinth citizens. The newly founded church of Corinth was in correspondence with Paul requesting his answers to questions they posed on topics ranging from marriage to the resurrection of the dead; the latter being one of the most highlighted in 1 Corinthians. Paul’s assurance of resurrection illustrates a concern for Corinth as he admonishes their disbelief in resurrection of the dead with a series of explanations as to why such doubt would render the faith of Christ “in vain”. Given the context of the time, Paul’s correspondence with Corinth clearly

The New Jerusalem, of which the victorious the Lamb is the center, evokes rich images of all creation centered in worship around the Lamb from whom all life flows. These images of Revelation 21 & 22 give purpose to the Church who, like a bride, awaits her groom. The eschatological reality of the coming Kingdom of God, inaugurated in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, presently breaks forth to forms the Church for its mission. As Aleksandr Schmemann writes, “the Church itself is a leitourgia, a ministry, a calling to act in this world after the fashion of Christ, to bear testimony to Him and His kingdom.”1 This leitourgia is embodied in the central practice of the Church, instituted by the Lord, the Eucharist.

The creation waits eagerly for the sons of God to be revealed; for the creation was made subject to frustration — not willingly, but because of the one who subjected it. But it was given a reliable hope that it too would be set free from its bondage to decay and would enjoy the freedom accompanying the glory that God’s children will have. We know that until now, the whole creation has been groaning as with the pains of childbirth; - Romans 8:21-22

Bird announced, that in lieu of Adam’s fall, as humanity’s representative, placed man in an escalating cycle of rebellion and [further promoted] a mindset “to do almost anything to avoid worshipping the Creator” (2013, p. 491). This mounting insurrection against God, created a chasm between God and mankind. However, God being just moved to restore and redeem mankind not choosing to leave him estranged and thus offered his son as satisfaction and thus created a restorative bridge (p. 492). Correspondingly, Youngblood clarifies salvation as “deliverance from the power of sin” (2014, p. 1010). Likewise, Berkhof sees salvation as “…restoration, redemption, and renewal …” to return humanity, “created in the image of God [to]…proper relationship” (1958, p. 1).

then one “like a son of man” approaches God and is given authority, glory, and power.

While being molded by God into the woman He has planned for me to be, Romans 3:23 promises that I will sin and fall short of the glory of God. One of the many sins I have committed results because of person I didn’t like very much. The person that I struggle with liking is very vocal about her accomplishments and in doing so begins to talk down about others. She and I grew up together since kindergarten, shared multiple classes and played the same positions on our middle school and high school sports teams. In class she would act as if she was the only one who knew the answer, which always annoyed me because several classmates were capable of answering, including myself. This is pride on my part, I still struggle with wanting to “out answer” her. Outside of the classroom, on sports teams, she bullied me. Running down the basketball court together to play defense, she would yell at me to watch my back because I was much smaller than her, and then push me as hard as she could under the basket. I struggled with lashing out. I would holler back at her and even try to trip her, once or twice elbowing her. This is where I began to sin. I should have responded like Christ would, but I did not. I have trouble liking her because ever since I have known her she has made me feel inferior, and to this day she still does whenever we are around each other. It is like we are back on the basketball court, or in middle school. I do not like being talked down to, and growing up I didn’t