Embracing Grace - 3 Eikons of God

For Scot the gospel begins at the Bible's beginning, Gen 1:1. The apex of God's creation is Adam and Eve. The Bible says they were made in the image of God and McKnight will used the Greek term Eikon (image) for humans throughout his book. As Eikons of God we have been given two gifts; freedom and relationships with others. Freedom in the form of choice to do or not do what God says. Secondly God made more than one person, so people would learn to love one another. We are individuals who are inherently like God and like one another so we can love God and love others, and we are to do all this in the place where God puts us - right here on earth. Scot closes out this chapter with the warning that individualism is a real problem in the western world, as it interferes with our relating to one another as God wants.