Teaching Your Children What it Means to be Created in the Image of God
Papa, do we (humans) look like God?
That question came up a number of years ago as I was driving with a few of our grandchildren. We were talking about the recent birth of a new cousin. I had reminded them that all humans were created in the image of God. My answer surprised them, as it does many Christians.
“No, we don’t look like God,” I said. “That’s not what the Bible means when it says that we were created in the image of God.”
So, what follows is the framework for a discussion you may want to have with your children or grandchildren about the amazing distinction between humans and animals, often blurred in movies and fiction.
That question came up a number of years ago as I was driving with a few of our grandchildren. We were talking about the recent birth of a new cousin. I had reminded them that all humans were created in the image of God. My answer surprised them, as it does many Christians.
“No, we don’t look like God,” I said. “That’s not what the Bible means when it says that we were created in the image of God.”
So, what follows is the framework for a discussion you may want to have with your children or grandchildren about the amazing distinction between humans and animals, often blurred in movies and fiction.
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