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Gen 1:27: “God created man
in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created
he them”
Can we honestly say that humanity looks like God today?
Does the image of mankind line up with the image of God?
Jn:
When mankind sinned in the garden of Eden, he was
changed into the image of
the Devil. Mankind took on the nature of the devil. Sin is the
nature of the devil.
2Cor:4:4: In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of
should shine unto them.
The devil is the god of this world. The devil
blinds us from the true nature of God.
1Jn:3:8: He
that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God
was manifested,
that he might destroy the
works of the devil.
When we sin, we manifest the nature of the devil.
Jn 14:9: “
1Cor
the image of the heavenly.
God’s plan is for us to bear His image on earth
as we did before the fall into sin.
2Cor:3:18: But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
As we behold
Eph:
As we begin our Christian life and walk, we begin to assimilate the nature of
God in our daily lives. We are to be changed into the image of God, as
portrayed by
Rom:
We are predestinated to be conformed to the image that
Rom:12:2: And be not
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
We are to be no longer molded by the world, but transformed by the indwelling
Spirit of God.
Rom:
When we follow the leading of the Spirit, we are no longer sons of the devil,
but sons of the living God!
1Jn:4:8: “God is love”
1Jn:
God is love, therefore His nature is love.
1Jn:4:7: Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one
that loveth is born of God, and knoweth
God.
How can we know we are operating in the nature of God?
If we manifest love we are manifesting the image and nature of God.
13: Forbearing one
another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a
quarrel against any: even as
14: And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
We are to cloth ourselves with the nature of God.
1st Cor13:4: Charity suffereth long, and is kind;
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth
not itself, is not puffed up,
5: Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her
own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6: Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth
in the truth;
7: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things.
8: Charity(love) never faileth:
1. suffereth long
Jms:5:8: Be ye also
patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the
Lord draweth nigh.
2. is kind
Lk:
3. envieth not
4. vaunteth not itself
Rom:12:3: For I say, through the grace
given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more
highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith.
5. is not puffed up
Eph:
6. Doth not behave itself
unseemly
1Cor:
7. seeketh not her own
1Cor:
8. is not easily provoked
Eph:4:31: Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away
from you, with all malice:
9. thinketh no evil
Phil:4:8: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there
be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
10. Rejoiceth not in
iniquity
1Pt:
it.
11. rejoiceth in the truth
Jn:
12. Beareth all things
Jms:
13. believeth all things
Mt:
14. hopeth all things
Rom:
15. endureth all things
2Tm:2:3: Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good
soldier of
16. Charity never faileth
1Cor:
2Cor:
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Eph:2:15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of
commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one
new man, so making peace;
Eph:4:24: And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
Rom:
to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
2Cor:3:18: But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of
the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by
the Spirit of the Lord.
creature:
Have a GOD-day!
