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Recovery of Biblical Sexual Identity: Focused on the Image of God

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2017, 25(2), pp.45-81
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.45
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : September 21, 2017
  • Accepted : November 2, 2017

Ahn, Kyung Seung 1

1아세아연합신학대학교

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ABSTRACT

Christian Counseling emphasizes that the endowed image of God when He created human-being has been corrupted and needs to be restored. As a result, the main purpose in the field of counseling should be to restore the image of God. This paper claims that the specific sexual identity of male and female in the image of God should be studied in detail, and needs to be main goal of counseling. It stresses the holistic nature of sexuality, and the reality and causes (spiritual, socio-cultural, family, education & counseling) of how sexual problems develop into human problems. In order for studies about sexuality to be utilized in the field of counseling, the idea of “we” in the image of God has to be studied. The biblical understanding of Trinitarian and “we” is based on male, female, and their relationships. First, men and women are distinct sexual beings, but become one. Second, men and women are equal as partners. Third, men and women relate to each other with their way of relation; sexual differences allow this to happen. The paper, then, discusses the main points of manhood. God’s original intention in creation of men was to build up men who remember and take responsibility, and men who have strength and courage.

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