Transformed into His Image (Lent 25, 2023)

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 […]

March 22, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Radiance of God’s Glory (Lent 24, 2023)

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 […]

March 21, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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God’s Very Image (Lent 23, 2023)

. 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 […]

March 20, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Sabbath 4 (2023)

. 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.

March 19, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Brokenness is Inherited (Lent 22, 2023)

. 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 […]

March 18, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Can’t Be Mended (Lent 21, 2023)

. 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 […]

March 17, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Depravity’s War on the Image of God (Lent 20, 2023)

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 […]

March 16, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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An Image Relic (Lent 19, 2023)

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 […]

March 15, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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A Confusing Babel World (Lent 18, 2023)

We can’t look at the Image of God today without asking ourselves why doesn’t the world look like we display the Image of God? Disorder.  Disunity.  Disinformation.  Almost every kind of diss you can think of and exactly the opposite of the Image of God. Why is that? . Way back in Genesis, just after […]

March 14, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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All Human Ethics Flow from the Image of God (Lent 17, 2023)

. I’d be hard pressed to find anything–any topic of contemporary significance, any issue historical or current, any future-directed thought, or ethical dilemma that doesn’t point back ultimately to the Image of God. When you start to look at mankind through the lens of the Image of God it’s easy to see that all human […]

March 13, 2023 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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