Imago Dei, Part 2 with Bob Cargo and Caleb Click

Senior Pastor Jeff Norris, Bob Cargo, and Caleb Click continue the Imago Dei series, discussing how the fall affected our identity as image-bearers of God. They connect this theological foundation to the Great Commission in Matthew 28 and its implications for our relationships with God, others, ourselves, and creation.

Quotes:

• “What we’re really pressing in on is not the gospel of justification. The gospel of justification is that you’re saved by faith alone in Christ alone, through grace alone and through the authority of the scriptures alone, to the glory of God alone, right? The five Solas. But we’re pressing in more on saying once you have been justified, once you’ve been made right in Christ, if you’re being made into the image of Christ more and more, what are the things you care about?” — Jeff Norris
• “One of the things that you see in the Bible just because all those (relationships: God, yourself, others, and creation) have been broken doesn’t mean you’re not still imaging something. And if you worship idols, the Bible says you become like those idols, which means you’re living out of your created purpose, which has a ripple effect through every single one of those relationships.” — Caleb Click
• “The Ten Commandments tell us what redeemed image bearer looks like. And this image of God, theology connects again with holiness and sanctification and with all of the ten commandments. When we’re fulfilling these commandments by faith in Jesus, as a person who’s being sanctified by grace, we’re becoming more and more of what a human being ought to be.” — Bob Cargo

Related Resources:

• City of God by Saint Augustine
• Created in God’s Image by Anthony Hoekema
• From Adam and Israel to the Church: A Biblical Theology of the People of God by Benjamin L Gladd

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