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According To Mueller What It Means To Be Human Essay

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According to Mueller, “To be a human means that we are the “crown” of God’s creation...a human being is an intelligent and moral being consisting of a body and a soul, which are united in one complete person.”(p. 90 - 95) Society defines humans as a person distinguished from other animals, or as a representative of the human species with a physical body but no spirit. Society says that when human dies, their bodies turn into dust and they cease to exist. Humans were created in the image and likeness of God with authority over all creation. God also gave humans intelligence, morality, relationality and immortality which they lost because of the sin of Adam and Eve making them mortal. This fall into sin led to corruption of the human body although the physical existence was maintained. According to Mueller, human beings will be in possession of their body, though different for all eternity at the resurrection and if the body is denied, a biblical truth becomes denied.
To be human means that we are intelligent and moral beings consisting of body (flesh) and soul (spirit) united in one complete person and in relationship with God. Two errors on what it means to be human are that, we are not spiritual only physical …show more content…

Original Sin sheds light on various aspects of the doctrine of sin itself and its relation to other doctrines of faith. It deals with sinful state and nature while Actual Sin deals with sinful acts which are the natural fruits of sinful people and products of original sin. If we ignore the reality of original sin, our human will is affected and turns the opposite direction to sin. Also, we lose intellect which becomes darkened as a result of our fall from grace. Our human nature becomes completely corrupt making it impossible to save ourselves. With Actual Sin, we lose our peace, freedom and trust which ultimately leads to strife and disorder in our

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