As much as I hated the pop quizzes in seminary, always testing us on rather obscure specifics of Scripture in what had been our reading for the day, I must admit, it gave me a sense of awe about God’s inclusion of little details in Scripture and how their significance can be unrelated to their […]
It is entirely possible to see Jesus, walk with Jesus, learn from Jesus, and still not recognize Him and the Very Image of God He displays. Two men walking on the road to Emmaus learned that by experience, telling their conversation to Jesus, they said, Luke 24:21 We had hoped that he was the one […]
Yesterday, we saw that when Jesus returns, we will bear the Image of the heavenly man, Jesus Christ. But wait, there’s more! We don’t just get His Image; we also get to share in His glory. Let your thoughts rest on that for the moment. For now, our encounter with God has glory that reflects […]
There is something about God’s Image that hints at radiating or reflecting. Kind of like the moon reflects the light of the sun. When we display God’s Image, we radiate it back to Him, and He receives it as glory. Why do I say that? . Hebrews 1:3 “The Son is the radiance of God’s […]
. Colossians 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is […]
. This year’s Lent Devotional Series “Created to Display His Image” resumes tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. Today, reflect on His mercy.
. Seems kind of unfair, in a sense. Salvation is not passed from one generation to the next automatically, but the sin nature (our brokenness) is. What began with Adam and Eve has been our legacy because once something is broken, it is not restored to wholeness. Piece it together, patch it, glue it…it’s never […]
. When you stop to think about it, it’s really amazing how the Image of God ties everything together. It helps us to understand why once sin broke the Image of God in us, it can’t be mended, it can’t be repaired it, can’t be tweaked, or improved! It must be born again. This is […]
Sin gave us a broken Image and resulted in our being broken people, acting upon our now depraved nature (our sin nature) to varying degrees. Sometimes people call this “Total Depravity.” It doesn’t mean that our humanity is 100% corrupted (as bad as we could possibly be without any ability to exhibit virtue), but it […]
That story from last time about Babel is a good reminder for us that we have retained a relic of the Image of God deep within us. It’s powerful and amazing. It’s ours to use and display, and as wrong as our motivations are at times, it’s never outside of God’s control how we use […]
