Cheryl Schatz

pinklight,

I need some clarification here. I read that he made ‘adam’ (humankind’ in his image, and them (a reference to adam) male and female, therefore male and female were not made in his image – their gender was not, but only their humanity.

While God says that he made mankind in his image, he specifically goes on to say that it is male and female that he made in his image. It is not the sexual parts of male and female that were made in God’s image. However both male and female were made in their humanity and in their spiritual nature, in the image of God.

I am so grateful to God that he specifically said that male and female were made in his image because I am certain that if he had not been specific that men would have denied that we were direct image of God. Oh, wait….so many do deny that women are in the direct image of God! But so many more would deny it if it was not clearly stated.