The Holy Triune God Recreates Us in the Image and Likeness of Christ Jesus
The holy Triune God “created the heavens and the earth,” and “behold, it was good” (Genesis 1:1, 31). However, after Adam and Eve fell into sin and plunged God’s good creation into decay and death, the Son of God would be “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” to be “crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men” (Acts 2:23). As Jesus “received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:33), He also raises up all baptized and pours out the Spirit upon them through the preaching of His Gospel. He sends out His apostles to “to make disciples of all nations” by “baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ” and “teaching them to observe all that [He has] commanded” (Matthew 28:19-20). Through such baptizing and teaching — Gospel and Sacraments– the holy Triune God recreates us in the image and likeness of His incarnate Son, Jesus the Christ, and behold, it is “very good” (Genesis 1:31).
Genesis 1:1-2:4); Acts 2:14, 22-36; Matthew 28:16-20
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