I just have 1 question ...

[ak77]

is that view/teaching biblical, that only men are created in the image of God, and women are not?

 

[Petros2015]

is that view/teaching biblical, that only men are created in the image of God, and women are not?

I've never heard that one. I think some of the long-dead Gnostic sects may have tried to work something like that in (I think there is some weirdness along those lines in the Gospel of Thomas which is not canon scripture).

It's not a mainstream Christian teaching and should not be. If you are hearing that from someone, move in the other direction. Both men and women are created in the image of God.

 

[Call me Nic]

is that view/teaching biblical, that only men are created in the image of God, and women are not?

Eh, in Christ, there is neither male nor female (Galatians 3:28-29); so at this point, it seems like a moot point.

 

[Dave-W]

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 2:21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Even if it was only Adam that was made in HIS image, woman was a part of Adam. So there is no way she could not share in the divine image.

 

[Dave-W]

Eh, in Christ, there is neither male nor female (Galatians 3:28-29); so at this point, it seems like a moot point.

Be careful with that POV. It can be taken to support same sex marriage.

That ONLY applies to how we get saved and that we have equal standing before HIS throne.

 

[Call me Nic]

Be careful with that POV. It can be taken to support same sex marriage.

That ONLY applies to how we get saved and that we have equal standing before HIS throne.

Um, I wasn't even talking about same sex marriage. I was referring to the fact that men and women are indeed in equal standing before the Lord through Christ, whereas, in the POV of a man being in the image of God, and woman not, then a man having more standing before the Lord. However, I was using Galatians 3:28 to show that it doesn't really matter whether man was created in God's image and woman wasn't, because in Christ, all are conformed to his image.

 

[ak77]

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 2:21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Even if it was only Adam that was made in HIS image, woman was a part of Adam. So there is no way she could not share in the divine image.

Thanks! I think my congregation (most of the leadership, sadly) is trying to spin this angle (I mean the order of creation) due to some underlying misogynist Bible interpretation (like all women are evil, and they just want to ruin the world etc, etc ... and they are actually serious about it). I am rather upset, sorry, this was just the last piece of this series performed yesterday by one of our best pastors, so I am extremely disappointed (to say the least).

 

[Petros2015]

Thanks! I think my congregation (most of the leadership, sadly) is trying to spin this angle (I mean the order of creation) due to some underlying misogynist Bible interpretation (like all women are evil, and they just want to ruin the world etc, etc ... and they are actually serious about it). I am rather upset, sorry, this was just the last piece of this series performed yesterday by one of our best pastors, so I am extremely disappointed (to say the least).

Umm yeah. Run, don't walk, away.

 

[bcbsr]

is that view/teaching biblical, that only men are created in the image of God, and women are not?

You might be thinking of 1Cor 11:7 which says, "A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man." But it doesn't explicitly deny woman also being in the image of God, though one could read it that way. But to be noted he left off that statement for some reason.

Also there's Ge 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." Interesting that he changes from "him" to "them". I take it "man" is referring to mankind, which includes both males and females.

 

[ak77]

Umm yeah. Run, don't walk, away.

I guess I have to get out, these messages are extremely harmful both spiritually and mentally ... it is just so sad, this congregation was working so well for 20-25 years, and then it just went downhill ... I was just hoping that it will change (for the last 1,5-2 years), and things get back to normal. Anyway, thanks for your reply!

 

[Call me Nic]

I guess I have to get out, these messages are extremely harmful both spiritually and mentally ... it is just so sad, this congregation was working so well for 20-25 years, and then it just went downhill ... I was just hoping that it will change (for the last 1,5-2 years), and things get back to normal. Anyway, thanks for your reply!

Come to the light side, the Baptists are calling you. Pentecostals make great Baptists

 

[Petros2015]

like all women are evil, and they just want to ruin the world etc, etc

That's silly, everyone knows it's only the single ones that are evil. Once they get married, they turn right around

 

[Chinchilla]

is that view/teaching biblical, that only men are created in the image of God, and women are not?

God is not girl that's for sure .
Created in image of God meaning created in image of his moral values and heart not that Adam had the thing in his pants like God the father has which is sitting on throne .
Genesis 1:27 Created he them both

 

[Sanoy]

The difference between man and woman is biological, so if this were true then it would imply that the image of God is physical. But rather an imager of God is one whom God's nature is seen through. Like a painting of a landscape - we can know things about the land in the painting without ever having visited there due to the quality of the painting.

 

[RaymondG]

Sometimes the words Man, Mankind and Adam are used interchangeably...referencing both male and female, and not a singular gender or a singular person.

 

[HTacianas]

is that view/teaching biblical, that only men are created in the image of God, and women are not?

of God He created him, male and female created He them.

 

[Dave-W]

I was using Galatians 3:28 to show that it doesn't really matter whether man was created in God's image and woman wasn't, because in Christ, all are conformed to his image.

Except the OP question was about CREATION.

So you are off topic in that.

 

[Dave-W]

Thanks! I think my congregation (most of the leadership, sadly) is trying to spin this angle (I mean the order of creation) due to some underlying misogynist Bible interpretation (like all women are evil, and they just want to ruin the world etc, etc ... and they are actually serious about it). I am rather upset, sorry, this was just the last piece of this series performed yesterday by one of our best pastors, so I am extremely disappointed (to say the least).

Oooo sorry to hear that.

I would find another congregation ASAP.

 

[Call me Nic]

Except the OP question was about CREATION.

So you are off topic in that.

But when we come to Christ, we are RECREATED, so not really off topic at all.

 

[ak77]

You might be thinking of 1Cor 11:7 which says, "A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man." But it doesn't explicitly deny woman also being in the image of God, though one could read it t

That's silly, everyone knows it's only the single ones that are evil. Once they get married, they turn right around

Yeah, well ... I turned around when I was born again 17 years ago - and I am single. What if I get married, should I turn around back where I was? (Just kidding, not going to get married ) (actually it is not so funny, being in my shoes, if your pastors really think that single women are indeed somehow evil, or at least not quite right ... no matter how obedient you are, how much you serve, there is always that nagging sensation that you are less of a Christian, even less human ... )