Humans as God’s Perfect Creation: Exegesis Review of Ephesians 2:10

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10.2991/978-2-38476-160-9_15How to use a DOI?

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God-made; man; Paul; theolog; perfect creation; the man in Christ

Abstract

Humans are the perfect creation compared to other God’s creations. However, many people still need to be made aware of the perfection they have and will not be the same as other people. The human basis for imperfection results in actions to perfect oneself humanly, such as facial and nose surgery and comparing oneself to others. The actions taken by humans show the nature of disobedience and understanding God’s plan in their life. Human perfection is different from the perfection of other creations of God because God created humans like himself, and these humans have the highest intelligence compared to other creations. However, God created man in the image and likeness of God Himself, not the same as Allah. The Apostle Paul explained in Ephesians 2:10 that humans are God’s perfect actions/deeds in Jesus Christ so that humans can do good things following the purposes of the creator. From the statement above, the background for writing this article is to realize ourselves as human beings who are God’s most perfect creations. Paul explains this through his letter to the Ephesians, saying that man's model in Christ had a significant effect by doing good things according to the Creator’s plan. To do good things does not happen by itself, but it takes perseverance and struggle. All these things will happen when a man is in Christ. To explain Paul's view, researchers used literature analysis methods and library research related to this article.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Septerianus Waruwu
AU  - Benteng Martua Mahuraja Purba
AU  - Rini Sumanti Sapalakkai
AU  - Evans Dongoran
AU  - Ronald Sianipar
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/14
TI  - Humans as God’s Perfect Creation: Exegesis Review of Ephesians 2:10
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Theology, Humanities and Christian Education 2022 (ICONTHCE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 123
EP  - 130
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-160-9_15
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-160-9_15
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