What resemblance is there between us and Christ? 1. Between us and Christ as the eternal Son of God. 2. Between us and Christ as mediator. First, Between us and Christ as the eternal Son of God. Christ is the essential image of the Father, therefore called ‘the image of the invisible God,’ Col. 1:15, and the character or ‘express image of his person,’ Heb. 1:3; and we are God’s image by reflection. If there be two or three suns appear, one or two are but a reflection. There are some strictures in
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