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BTW, Ephesians 4:24 does NOT teach that the "image of God is restored in the new creation". That passage is referring to SANCTIFICATION

Where does it say its not talking about the image of God being renewed, why, you are flatout rejecting what the scripture says..BTW, The image of God would be sanctification, do you understand what sanctification implies ? Its christlikeness, the image of God is restored when in regeneration the elect partake of the being conformed into the image of christ, this begins at regeneration or newbirht..we become a new man..

eph 4:

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

col 3:

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:


A major portion of the Image of God is the Knowledge we have of the True God, constituted in fellowship..This no doubt adam had prefall, but lost at the Fall..

You place too high of a opinion on fallen man, and dont quite grasp the detriments of the Fall and its utter ruin of the image of God..thats a pity, in doing so, you minimize the work of the cross in restoring Gods image to man..