The Scriptures clearly teach that the original man was the direct result of a creative act of God. Being the masterpiece of creation, man was created in the image and likeness of God as a tripartite being, consisting of spirit, soul and body. God created man to have a relationship with Him, to be made into His image and likeness, to share in His function of dominion and to be fruitful and reproduce Himself. Though the entrance of sin seemed to frustrate God's purpose for man in creation, this purpose will be accomplished through redemption.
The Doctrine of Man
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