We still have the dignity afforded to us because we were made by God, but we did mar that image, where now people look at us and they don't see God anymore, they see the devil, to be quite frank, apart from our union with Jesus Christ.”
“What happened with sin, it’s not that we lost the image of God. So it’s not that they looked like God, like they had his nose or his eyes or his eyebrows, it’s that they were able to image him righteously, ethically, morally.” (Genesis) “Adam and Eve were made in his image and in his likeness, and when you think about God, God doesn't necessarily have an image, he’s a spirit. “There’s an element that God’s holiness deals with his righteousness, but it also means that God is trustworthy in that he is unable to sin against us, and he’s incredibly unique, so there’s no reason we should ever project onto him the traits and behaviors of other people that we might’ve met.”
“The holiness of God is a really good incentive for faith.” What does it look like to strive to embody these characteristics while also walking in humility and realizing we are not God? How do we receive mercy? How are we recipients of mercy? How do mercy and justice have a place in the narrative of our salvation? How does mercy triumph over judgment? What would it look like for us to live with mercy in view? How is God’s justice a comfort to us? How are we justified in Christ? What would it look like for us to do justice as the prophet Micah said? How are we positionally holy (Hebrews 10:10) and yet at the same time growing in holiness? I’ve heard that holiness is the most frequently mentioned trait of God. How has God instructed us to do that? What enables us to do that?
What are some of the attributes of God that we should seek to take on? What is the distinction between bearing God’s image and becoming God? At home, she is known as wife to Preston and mommy to Eden, Jade, and Sage. She is the author of Gay Girl, Good God and the Bible study Jude: Contending for the Faith in Today’s Culture. Since being saved from a lifestyle of homosexual sin and the like, Jackie has been compelled to share the light of gospel truth through speaking, writing, podcasting, and music. Today we’re chatting with Jackie Hill Perry about God’s holiness and his communicable attributes, specifically focusing on how we can reflect God’s character.
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