An Evidence Of God's Trinitarian Image

Chapter 1 of this study demonstrated God’s Trinitarian image. Our desire for unity in relationships is evidence of God’s Trinitarian image within us. From this passage below, circle the three words from Genesis 1:26 & 27 that demonstrate this Trinitarian image.

“Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness… God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

Yet, unlike Himself, God created us with gender, to be sexual. Underline the phrase in this verse above that reflects this.

Human sexuality reflects God’s creative expression of His plan. Sexuality is the part of us that makes us vastly different from God. Read the following verses in your Bible, to discern what Jesus had

“The wisdom of God” is Jesus, and is personified as feminine in Proverbs chapter 8. Chapter 3 of this study demonstrated that, Biblically, women reflect God’s image equally to men. This would be impossible were God merely a male deity. God’s ways are beyond the ways of a man. God’s ways are beyond the ways of a woman. Yet somehow God’s ways encompass us both. Men and women both reflect God’s image and in relationships of unity we reflect God’s Trinitarian image most

Sexual behavior is widely oriented by pleasure seeking forces. Motivated by this force alone, the personal pleasure derived from the sexual experience is what gives it value. Out of perspective this focus becomes a force that is dangerous to relationships as it fails to esteem and value others, even those with whom one is having sex.

Desires for acceptance also impact our behaviors as they relate to our perception of self and sexuality. As individuals grow from children to adults, each of us is constantly aware of how our presence is received and perceived. Regardless of whether these perceptions are accurate or not, the conclusions formed, impact the choices each of us make in our efforts to please and find acceptance.

The way one thinks about sex may also be impacted by procreative desires. Especially for some women these desires can become consuming inner forces. These desires may become particularly strong in the lives of those struggling with infertility. Religious beliefs and experiences are also vectors that impact how one’s sexual orientation is aligned. Other forces strongly affecting sexual orientation may be as basic as the need to survive. They may be power seeking, a deeply seated desire for approval and affirmation, or as straightforward as the need for a trustworthy