a sinful image.

This might not pertain so much to a direct reading, but throughout all of them, I have been constantly noticing and thinking about one thing: How a human, that is created in the image of God, can be naturally sinful. I've gone in circles around this one thought for a few weeks now. I recorded my thought process with sticky notes, and every time I thought of something new in the process, I would write it down on a sticky note and stick it up on my wall. I definitely looked crazy by the time it was over, but I think I might have a conclusion, it is probably not the right conclusion, but it's one. So here's my thought process:
Even though we are created in the image of God, there is no way that we can be good on our own doing. (there is no one who does good. Romans 3:12) Well, first, what does this say of the hope of someone who doesn't have the Anchor that a Christian would have.
Humans are an intertwining of good and bad, of God and flesh. Jesus is pruning the vine of all bad things until judgement day. Therefore, we can't be fully glorified in this fleshly, earthly life, even though we are presently created in the image of God.
God created us in His image, but at the same time, we're sinful. So did God create us sinful? or did He create sin? Or, is sin simply the opposite of good? However, if it was an exact opposite, it would have the same measure of the good, meaning it was created. So did Satan have enough power to reject God and create the opposite of good, which is sin? But isn't God the only Creator? Is Satan a creator or deceiver?
Adam and Eve were the first created humans on the earth, but God hovered over the spirits, (Gen. 1:2). So are these spirits Satan and a third of the angels that were cast out of heaven? If so, we can then conclude that God has created His perfect, in His image humans on the devil's kingdom. For those who are not of God, are of the devil. And whoever is of God knows that this earth is not their home because this earth is corrupt. But why is it corrupt? Before the fall, was the garden supposed to be their home? They were never to ascend to His Kingdom?
Anyways, Adam and Eve disobeyed and chose the option of sin. So even though they chose something for themselves, we can conclude that there is no real choice with God. He gives us the freedom to choose, but any other choice besides Him condemns to hell. (The ability to choose, and freedom are "images" of Him that we have.)
So, we are created in the image of God, but obviously not the full image because we aren't fully glorified. (1 Cor. 13:12).
Back to Satan, he couldn't have created sin because God is the only Creator. Humans have no ability to create anything completely new, or think of anything completely new without using something already given to them. Satan must have then taken the goodness of God and lessened it, and thus sin. So sin is the lessening of the good. Which now makes sense in the contrast to us being created in the image of God, because we aren't the full image but a lesser image.

"His ways are above mine, His thoughts higher."


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