(Originally written May 16, 2006 in Book 1)
Nature of Man
In the beginning there was God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, three in one.
At creation the image of God (a portion of it) was imputed into man.
At creation man was created in the image of God. My analogy is as follows. God looked at Himself in a mirror and cut a portion of it out of the whole. This portion was a perfect likeness of God, however it was not a complete reflection of him. If God were four squares then man is one square. That square is a perfect representation of the part of God that is in man, but not a perfect and complete copy of himself.
Thus, at creation man was fashioned in the image of God, but not created as a god.
Creation: Man = perfect being with some of the characteristics of God, not all of His characteristics or not the totality of those characteristics.
Post Fall
Sin has tainted the perfection that exists in man.
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