Good morning my family and friend I come this second Sunday morning asking the question are you and the image of God? are you in the image of man? In the book of Genesis 1:26-27 Tell us this morning that God made us in his image Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Brothers and sisters in the book of Psalms 139 :13-16 tell us again how God created us in his image even before we left our mother’s womb, that something we all need too shout about this Sunday morning 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. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book, before one of them came to be. Brothers and Sisters, as our society continues to slide into its moral and spiritual abyss, we believers tend to follow suit by calibrating our view of God downward, in order to ensure the fact that the stark contrast between our duplicity and Gods holiness is not too obvious. After all, its tough to keep one foot in each camp if the contrast between the two is too great! In truth, the gap between mans perception of God and the reality of the true God is shockingly greater than most of us can ever imagine. Isaiah the Prophet, for example, when visited by the Holy One declared, Woe to me!… I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty. (Isaiah 6:9) One way we calibrate our view of God downward is through rationalization: We rationalize the filth we regularly drink into our system through entertainment. Gods standard however is that, [You] will set before [your] eyes no vile thing… If anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think on these things. (Psalm 101:3a; Philippians 4:8a) We rationalize our self-indulgent lifestyle. Christs calling however is that, If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for Me will save it. (Luke 9:23, 24) We rationalize our work ethic. Christs warning however, is that, Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:20) CREATING GOD IN OUR IMAGE by rationalizing our flesh-driven behavior? The Word of God does not allow us that option: Make every effort… to be holy. Because, without holiness no one shall see the Lord. (Hebrews 12:14) May God bless each and everyone today and to my family keep praying and I love all of you. Rev H L Batchelor
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 15:51:54 +0000
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