Doctrine pages 109-139

This chapter is called "God Loves" and it is all about how God loves us and why he created us. One thing that this book said was that God created us as his image bearers, but not because he needed us in any way. Many people say that God created humans because He was lonely, but this is very untrue. God is perfect by himself; therefore, He does not need sinful people to keep him company. He created us because He genuinely loves us. There was also a list of shared and unshared attributes of God. The list of unshared attributes includes: omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, immutability, eternality, and sovereignty. The list of shared attributes includes: holiness, love, truth, righteousness, mercy, and beauty. All of these attributes show a tiny glimpse of just how amazing God is. Jesus Christ is the only person who has perfectly imaged God. In the Bible numerous times Jesus is described as the image of God, and the radiance of the glory of God. Jesus said, "Whoever sees me sees him who sent me" in John 12:45. God has called us to live godly lives, and to live in ways that serve him by making advances in his kingdom, including making culture that honors him. I try to honor him in everything I do, but of course I can never do that perfectly because I'm human.