Richard Rohr – What the Mystics Know

How do we keep forgetting that as Rohr says, “We are reflections of the invisible God (Gen. 1:27).  He also says “And our only way to know God is through this humanity.  This is our only road to a little enlightenment.”  Since we are created in his image, then it makes sense that we can come to know him through experiencing our humanity.

Genesis 1:27 So god created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

We are reflections of the invisible God (Gen. 1:27).  And our only way to know God is through this humanity.  This is our only road to a little enlightenment.

We must never think we are building up God by putting humanity down.  We would, instead, be insulting God, blaspheming, to set ourselves against God’s creation.

Psalm 139:13-14 NIV

[13] For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. [14] I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Genesis 9:6 – Whoever sheds human blood, but humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.

2 Corinthians 4:4 – The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

James 3:9 NIV – “With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.”