Nature of Man: Man and woman were made in the image of God with individuality, the power and freedom to think and to do. Though created free beings, each is an indivisible unity of body, mind, and spirit, dependent upon God for life and breath and

[Bang Sapri]

Nature of Man:
Man and woman were made in the image of God with individuality, the
power and freedom to think and to do. Though created free beings, each
is an indivisible unity of body, mind, and spirit, dependent upon God
for life and breath and all else. When our first parents disobeyed
God, they denied their dependence upon Him and fell from their high
position under God. The image of God in them was marred and they
became subject to death. Their descendants share this fallen nature
and its consequences. They are born with weaknesses and tendencies to
evil. But God in Christ reconciled the world to Himself and by His
Spirit restores in penitent mortals the image of their Maker. Created
for the glory of God, they are called to love Him and one another, and
to care for their environment. (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:7; Ps. 8:4-8; Acts
17:24-28; Gen. 3; Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:12-17; 2 Cor. 5:19, 20; Ps. 51:10;
1 John 4:7, 8, 11, 20; Gen. 2:15.)