FOR ages man has been spoken of as the likeness of God, but it has been little realized how tremendous is the term. Ever since it was recorded in the first chapter of Genesis that God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness," this truth about man has been proclaimed far and wide. To be sure, men have little realized what has been meant by this divine pronouncement.
So often has this divine likeness been considered from the viewpoint of mortals that the truth has seemed to be practically reversed, until men have often come to believe that God is their likeness. Indeed, so many times have the words, "the image and likeness of God," been used flippantly that their sacredness has frequently been lost sight of. It is nevertheless true that there are in the English language no other words which could more plainly define man's relationship to God.
With the revelation of Christian Science there came to the world an understanding that perfect reasoning may always be reached by beginning with God and His infinite perfections. To discern man, therefore, as the likeness of God, a knowledge of God Himself is requisite. As the Christian Scientist learns to know something of God and His nature, he becomes aware of the fact that for man to be God's image he must be Godlike.
