HOW DOES BEING CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD EFFECT OUR EVERYDAY LIVES?

GOD MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE A
PEACEFUL LIFE IN A VIOLENT WORLD

CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
CHRIST THE LIGHT LIVES WITHIN US.
FIND GOD IN EVERY OTHER PERSON.
LIVE IN GOD'S KINGDOM ON EARTH;

LIVE IN GOD'S KINDOM IN HEAVEN.
LIVE A SIMPLE LIFE AND SHARE WITH OTHERS.

GOD CREATES US IN HIS IMAGE
    
     We are the best human beings that we can be. Our decisions are not completely selfish and self-serving but do consider other people’s wants and needs. We can live a full life and use the gifts that God has given us.

     Part of being in the Image of God is that we can share in the day to day process of creation.

     Of course both men and women are created in the Image of God.


AN IMAGE IS A COPY NOT THE REAL THING
    
     An image is a copy, not the real thing. For we certainly are not God; God is radically different from us. However, we are in God's image in that we know right from wrong, good from evil. We are capable of loving others, of living a peaceful life, of being pure and chaste.

Created in the Image of God means

that we are truly human;

that we are of value because God lives within us;

that we may share, in a very small way, with God in Creation.

HOW DOES BEING CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD EFFECT OUR EVERYDAY LIVES?

On Being a Business Person in the Image of God.

     No matter how much it may  be to a self-perceived advantage, we are not to wrong any man or woman, covet the possessions of others, oppress anyone, live highly on other men’s means, go beyond our capacity, nor reach after things more than we can justly perform.

     We are to keep out of debt and keep our word in all our dealings.

     Any person who has done a wrong to anyone should be held accountable and must make restitution speedily.