Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image. According to Our likeness— not physical but a spiritual personality and moral likeness. Let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea. The birds of the air. The cattle. Over the entire earth. Over everything that creeps and crawls …
Adam and Eve were created in the image of God, but they were not robots. Endowed by the Creator with free will. They had the ability to make decisions independent of God. Free will is what separates man from all creation. Without the gift of free will, morality and accountability would be nonexistent. Irrationality and fear …
The first words God spoke to man were to “be fertile. Increase in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that crawl on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 God had given man the authority to reproduce AND rule. If you …
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