Man’s Relationship to God

Seventh-day Adventists believe that man was created in the image of God, which speaks more to the power and freedom to think and act according to free will than replication of a physical form. Humans are created as free beings. "Each is an indivisible unity of body, mind, and spirit, dependent upon God for life and breath and all else." http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundame... Adam and Eve rejected their dependence upon God when they listened to the serpent in the Garden of Eden and committed the first sin. We, as descendents of Adam and Eve, share in this fallen nature and its consequences. We believe that Jesus Christ, as God in human form, reconciled humanity back to Himself through His death and resurrection and therein restores the original image of our Maker in those accepting Him and following Him as our Savior. Humanity was created for the "glory of God, they are called to love Him and one another, and to care for their environment." http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundame...

Biblical Verification

The biblical basis for this, the Seventh Fundamental Belief of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is found in the following Scriptures. Click on the link to go to the verses online and then use your "back" button to return to the article.

Genesis 1:26-28 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?query=ge...

Genesis 2:7 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?l=en&que...

Psalm 8:4-8 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?query=ps...

Acts 17:24-28 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?query=ac...

Genesis 3 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?query=ge...

Psalm 51:5 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?l=en&que...

Romans 5:12-17 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?query=ro...

2 Corinthians 5:19, 20 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?query=2c...

Psalm 51:10 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?l=en&que...

1 John 4:7, 8, 11, 20 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?query=1j...

Genesis 2:15 http://www.studylight.org/desk/?l=en&que...

Comparison with Other Denominations

Here are the resource links for several denominations that give the complete statement of their belief about the nature of man. In some cases, I could not find a specific statement. Anyone who knows these denominations' beliefs concerning the nature of man please share the information with us!

Baptist http://www.sbc.net/bfm/bfm2000.asp#iii

Church of God http://www.wcg.org/lit/aboutus/beliefs/d...

Episcopal http://www.ednin.org/An%20Outline%20of%2...

Lutheran http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?N...

Methodist http://www.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&m...

Presbyterian couldn't find statement

Catholic http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580c.h...

Messianic Judaism could not find direct statement

Jehovah's Witnesses http://www.watchtower.org/library/jt/ind...

Mormon http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/93/38#38

Judaism http://www.jewfaq.org/human.htm

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