What are the implications of being made in the image of God for ourselves and others?

I enjoyed listening to your discussion, and the insights that each of you bring in your own unique way.

For me, the question that drives my thoughts & actions each day is this: What does it mean to be an image bearer of God?

True, it's not quite the same question you discussed, but it is the action that comes from the idea that you discussed.

As an "image bearer" of God, i feel the call to reflect God's love and compassion back into the world, as well as to Him through worship. There are times when i fail to live up to that goal, but each time i think of that question, it allows me to reframe my actions/reactions to people/situations and attempt to BE the image bearer of God, and find loving, merciful, and forgiving actions that would allow an external observer to see God's love through me - to see the light of Jesus being reflected through me (not that i create His light, but that i use my free will to chanel His light, and reflect through me, into the world.

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