Joe,
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We (Berkhof and myself) believe in a complete fall, however not in a complete loss of the image of God. The Bible specifically says that AFTER the fall man did not lose the complete image of God:
Although Jesus' direct, inspired interpretation of Psalm 82's "you are gods" is applied to a different question than soul origins in John 10:34ff, its ramifications also seem to strongly favor partial (albeit corrupted) retention of the imago dei. Would you mind commenting on the applicability--or lack thereof--of Psalm 82/John 10 to the question? More specifically, does the Psalm's "you are gods, children of the Most High", according to Jesus those "to whom the word of the Lord came", address (a) exclusively the redeemed, or does it include (b) the pre-redeemed as well, ((a) and (b) constituting the elect) or does it include (c) the reprobate as well in a partial image sense?

Thanks!

Last edited by Paul_S; Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:05 PM.
In Christ,
Paul S