Genesis 1:27

Man is one, yet threefold: he has mind, body, and soul, a mind ruling the body, a body executing the decrees of the mind, a soul giving life to and energising the body. On the mind alone there is a triple stamp of the Creator; in the mind of man are Intelligence, Will, and Memory. Intelligence,whereby he can understand about God; Will,whereby he may seek Him; Memory,whereby he may recall the blessings God has showered upon him. Before these three powers can obtain their perfect satisfaction in God, the three wounds of man must be healed. By his fall from God the Father, who is Omnipotence, man has contracted infirmity; by withdrawing from God the Son, who is the Wisdom of God, he has contracted ignorance; by withdrawing from the Spirit, who is the Goodness of God, he has contracted love of evil. These three wounds will be healed by Faith,which will illumine man's ignorance; by Hope,which will sustain his infirmity; and by Charityor Love,which will counteract his evil concupiscence.

S. Baring-Gould, Village Preaching for a Year,vol. ii., p. 9.

I. God's image in man consisted: (1) in the possession of moral powers and susceptibilities; (2) in the pure and righteous state of his whole nature; (3) in his relative position toward other terrestrial creatures.

II. The blessedness involved in the possession of God's image consisted in making human nature: (1) a mirror of God in itself; (2) a mirror of God to other creatures; (3) a mirror in which God saw Himself.

S. Martin, Westminster Chapel Pulpit,1878, p. 210.

References: Genesis 1:27. B. Waugh, Sunday Magazine(1887), pp. 133, 207, 278, 427; Bishop W. Basil Jones, Old Testament Outlines,p. 4; T. G. Bonney, Oxford and Cambridge Undergraduates' Journal,May 10th, 1887; Sermons for the Christian Seasons,1st series, vol. i., p. 205; J. W. Burgon, Oxford Undergraduates' Journal,June 12th, 1884; Bishop Harvey Goodwin, Parish Sermons,vol. v., p. 1; Bishop Alexander, Norwich Cathedral Discourses,4th series, No. 1; H. Alford, Quebec Chapel Sermons,vol. iv., p. 35; F. Temple, Bampton Lecture(1884), pp. 37, 69; S. A. Brooke, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xviii., p. 17. Genesis 1:27; Genesis 1:28. F. A. Tholuck, Hours of Christian Devotion,p. 370.

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