Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Either man models himself on the God of his own invention, or the true and living God molds the human form into His image. There must be a complete transformation -a metamorphosis- if man is to be restored to the image of God. How then is that transformation to be effected? Since fallen men cannot rediscover and assimilate the image of God, the only way is for God to take the form of man and come to him. The Son of God, who dwelt in the form of God the Father lays aside that form and comes to man in the form of a slave. The change of form, which could not take place in man, now takes place in God. The divine image which had existed from eternity with God assumes the image of fallen, sinful man. God sends his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh. God sends his Son. Here lies the only remedy. It is not enough to give men a new philosophy or a better religion. A Man comes to men. ...Now in Jesus Christ, this is just what has happened. The Image of God has entered our midst in the form of our fallen life in the likeness of sinful flesh. In the teaching and acts of Christ, in his life and death, the image of God is revealed. In Him, the divine image has been recreated on earth.”