The Nature of God
As Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.’ “ Mark 10:17–18, ESV Among the most memorable…
Last month, we took a survey of the various views on how we should understand Genesis 1.26[1]Fesko, J.V. Last Things First: Unlocking Genesis 1-3 with the Chris of Eschatology. (Christian Focus Publications, 2007), pp. 40-45. Those views were (1) The heavenly court view; (2) The plural of majesty view; and (3) The Trinity view. Of…
In this issue we begin to look at Dr J.V. Fesko’s brief treatment of Genesis 1.26 found in his excellent book, Last Things First. There are two major questions packed into this little phrase: (1) why does God speak in the plural and (2) what does it mean to be in the image of God? Understanding the nature of God will assist in the definition of God’s image. In other words, Is God triune, and Does the image of God in man reflect God’s triunity?