ImiBhalo Engcwele, lapho ikhuluma ngemvelaphi yomuntu wokuqala, ithi:
UNkulunkulu wathi: masidale umuntu ngomfanekiso Wethu, (futhi) ngokufana Nathi (Gen. 1:26).
Mayelana nesenzo sokudala ngokwaso, umbhali kaGenesise uyalandisa:
Futhi uNkulunkulu wadala umuntu ngomfanekiso wakhe, ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu wamdala: owesilisa nowesifazane wabadala (Gen. 1:27).
Umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu osemuntwini, ngokwamazwi kaMphostoli oNgcwele uPawulu, “usekulungeni nasebungcweleni beqiniso” ( Efe 4:24 ), okungukuthi ekuphelelisweni kwangempela kwamandla omoya omuntu aqondiswe kuNkulunkulu, njengoba kwakunjalo. no-Adamu no-Eva kwaze kwaba sokuwa kwabo. Futhi lapho bonile, umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu waba mnyama phakathi kwabo, nakuba ngisho nangemva kokuwa, amandla omoya uNkulunkulu amnika wona ekudalweni ahlala kumuntu, okungukuthi: ingqondo, ehlala ilwela ukwazi iqiniso, inhliziyo, ngenxa yothando, nentando ethanda okuhle.
Ngenxa yokuxhumana okuseduze komphefumulo nomzimba, umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu nawo ubonakala emzimbeni womuntu. Umzimba womuntu wokuqala wawuhambisana nomphefumulo wakhe futhi wawuwukubonakaliswa kobunkulunkulu bawo. ETestamenteni Elisha kuthiwa imizimba yamaKristu avuselelwe ingamathempeli kaMoya oNgcwele ohlala kuyo, futhi kufanele sikhazimulise uNkulunkulu hhayi emiphefumulweni yethu kuphela kodwa nasemizimbeni yethu ( 1 Kor. 6:19-20 ) .
Ukufana kukaNkulunkulu kumuntu kuhambisana nokuthuthuka kanye nokwenza ngcono amandla omuntu kamoya. Ngakho sithola umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu kuNkulunkulu kanye nokuba kwethu, futhi ukufana ngokwezinga eliphawulekayo kumelwe kuzuzwe yithi ngokwethu.
Ngakho-ke umehluko olandelayo phakathi komfanekiso nokufana kukaNkulunkulu kumuntu:
a) kukhona umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu kuwo wonke umuntu, ngisho nakulabo abonakaliswe isono ( Gen. 9:6 ), kodwa isimo sikaNkulunkulu akusibo bonke abantu;
b) umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ngeke ubhujiswe ngisho nasesigabeni esiphansi kakhulu sokuwa komuntu, ngoba nakulesi simo, ukucabanga, inkululeko nomuzwa kusala kumuntu, nakuba kuthola ukuqondiswa okungamanga kuye. Umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu kumuntu ungase ungabi khona nhlobo;
c) ekugcineni, umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu uyisici esingaguquki, esingaguquki somphefumulo womuntu, futhi ukufana kungashintsha, ngezinye izikhathi kuphakamise, bese kufihla umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu emphefumulweni. Umgomo ongapheli okhonjiswe emphefumulweni wethu, ukuze ufane noNkulunkulu ngokuphelele, sawunikezwa uMsindisi ngala mazwi:
Yibani ngabaphelele, njengoba noYihlo osezulwini ephelele (Math. 5:48).
