John Piper from Desiring God says God is like Bill Clinton. In fact, he says all unbelievers are "like God".
How did Piper arrive at this awkward position? He assumes that all unbelievers have God's truth "deep down". Therefore, Piper must say that God is like unbelievers. Sadly, Piper fails to realise that natural man lost the image of God at the fall. Unbelievers are now as ignorant of God as oxen, birds and brute beasts are (Isa 1:3, Jer 8:7, Jude 1:10)
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Response to Ray Shores
He wrote me, "Where does the Bible say that "natural man lost the image of God"?"
My Response...
G'day Ray!
Thanks for the message.
First things first, let's define what "the image of God" is.
Paul says, "man ... was created in righteousness and true holiness." (Eph 4:24).
Elsewhere, Scripture says man was created "in the image" or likeness "of God".
So, Paul in Ephesians 4 is equating the image of God with righteousness and true holiness. Think about it. If sometimes ...
