人是按神的形象造的，这是什么意思？
What does it mean that humans are made in God's image?
简答 Short Answer
按神的形象被造意味着人在所有受造物中独特地反映上帝的属性——理性、道德、关系、创造力和治理能力。这赋予每个人不可侵犯的尊严和价值。
Being made in God's image means humans uniquely reflect God's attributes among all creatures — rationality, morality, relationality, creativity, and dominion. This gives every person inviolable dignity and worth.
详细解答 Detailed Answer
「神就照着自己的形象造人，乃是照着祂的形象造男造女」（创1:27）。这句话是人类尊严和价值的根基。
1.【不是外在的相似】神的形象不是指人长得像上帝——上帝是灵（约4:24），没有物质身体。形象（imago Dei）指的是一种功能性和关系性的相似。
2.【形象的内容】 - 理性：人有思考、推理、认识真理的能力 - 道德意识：人有是非之心，能分辨善恶 - 关系性：上帝是三位一体的，本身就是关系；人也被造为关系性的存在——需要与上帝和他人建立关系 - 创造力：人能创造艺术、音乐、文学、科技，反映造物主的创造性 - 治理的使命：上帝赋予人管理大地的责任（创1:28），作为祂在地上的代表
3.【罪的影响】堕落后，神的形象在人身上被严重扭曲但没有完全丧失。人仍然有理性和良知（创9:6仍以人有神的形象为不可杀人的理由），但这些能力被罪污染了。人不再完美地反映上帝，而是歪曲地反映。
4.【在基督里恢复】歌罗西书3:10说信徒「穿上了新人，这新人……正如造他主的形象。」基督是「神本体的真像」（来1:3），成圣的过程就是我们越来越像基督——即恢复我们本应有的神的形象。
5.【实际意义】每一个人——不论种族、能力、年龄、社会地位——都有按神形象而来的尊严。这是反对种族主义、歧视、堕胎、安乐死的最根本理由。
'So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them' (Gen 1:27). This statement is the foundation of human dignity and worth.
1. **Not physical resemblance**: God's image doesn't mean humans look like God — God is spirit (John 4:24), without a physical body. Image (imago Dei) refers to functional and relational likeness.
2. **Content of the image**: - Rationality: capacity for thought, reasoning, and knowing truth - Moral awareness: conscience, ability to distinguish good and evil - Relationality: God is Trinity, inherently relational; humans are also created as relational beings needing connection with God and others - Creativity: ability to create art, music, literature, technology, reflecting the Creator's creativity - Dominion mandate: God gave humans responsibility to steward the earth (Gen 1:28) as His representatives
3. **Sin's effect**: After the Fall, God's image was severely distorted but not entirely lost. Humans still possess reason and conscience (Gen 9:6 still bases the prohibition of murder on the image of God), but these capacities are corrupted by sin. Humans no longer perfectly reflect God but do so in distorted ways.
4. **Restored in Christ**: Colossians 3:10 says believers have 'put on the new self, which is being renewed... after the image of its creator.' Christ is 'the exact imprint of [God's] nature' (Heb 1:3), and sanctification is becoming increasingly Christlike — restoring the image we were meant to bear.
5. **Practical implications**: Every person — regardless of race, ability, age, or social status — possesses dignity from God's image. This is the most fundamental argument against racism, discrimination, abortion, and euthanasia.
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📚 推荐阅读 Related Readings
- •Created in God's Image (Anthony Hoekema)
- •The Dignity of Man (John Kilner)
- •Systematic Theology Ch.21 (Wayne Grudem)