God’s Images
Have Men Forgotten Who They Are?
1 Timothy 3:7
I went into Life Way Christian book store yesterday with the idea of finding another CD of a choir that I just love to hear sing. They didn’t have any CD’s that I was interested in, so I decided to start looking at other things, such as Bibles, books and other stuff. As a minister, I could spend hours in a store like that, because I just like it. I’m a person who likes watching other people too. I have sat in malls before waiting on the lady of the house to finish shopping for whatever she is buying, and I have really been amazed at the things I see other people do. Sometimes I wonder if we aren’t like robots. Every family is unique in their own way, but we are basically all the same. It makes me look at what God has done with even greater amazement.
In 1Timothy 3:7, Paul wrote that in the last days men would be, “Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” When thinking about people in general I have a tendency to wonder what it was like in the beginning. When was the beginning? Scientist and Bible scholars alike have their opinions, and I’m not arguing when the beginning started, because right now, it really doesn’t matter. Today, there are people trying to second and third guess a God that exist and today they try to put a disclaimer on the fact HE even exists, and HE didn’t create them. It seems like the smarter man becomes, the dumber he is. We loose sight of truth. Despite what some people are trying to prove or disprove, my Bible tells me, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made,’ (John 1:1 – 3). In the book of Genesis we find that man was created from the dust of the earth, chapter 1:26. Not only was man made, he was made in the image of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. This is proved when the Lord said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:” That is why people look the same. Sure HE made different races, and some of us weigh more than others, but we are made just like God, by HIM. Isn’t that exciting?
There is something much more exciting though. Despite all of our wicked ways, HE has made a way for us all to go to heaven. HE died on the cross in our place. That’s right; our place. People in general do not deserve the blessings God has given us much less the salvation from our sins HE offers us. Many people in America say that they believe HE exists, but few there are that accept HIS FREE GIFT. People in general think they can live the way they want to, and never pay attention to God or accept HIS free gift, and when they die from this life that some man will preach them into heaven. After all, how many funerals have you ever heard preached that a person died and went to hell? Most of the time a person is lifted up on this earth as a good person, and people are shown the qualities that person may have had during their lives. Still, many forget that you cannot get to the Father, but only through Jesus Christ. He said, “I am the way, I am the truth, and I am the life.” He is the only way to heaven. And still, we do not deserve this gift.
We need to remember that our bodies will return to the dust from which it came. As a great teacher I had in seminary said, “We are a cup of dirt, with a little water to hold us together.” So, the next time you think you look good, remember; YOU’RE DIRT. Funny, huh? Where is this leading too? Let’s remember that even when we think we are getting by with something; somebody knows. HE knows our every thought, every saying, every action, and our every movement. In John 2:24 – 25, the scriptures says, “But Jesus did not commit HIMSELF to them, because HE knew all men and need not that any should testify of man: for HE knew what was in man.”
A person can tell a whole church, their friends, and their family that they know Jesus, but does Jesus know that person? Yes, HE knows every person, but if you read this chapter, you find that many believed in HIS actions, but they did not accept HIM for who HE is. John wrote, “HE was in the world, and the world was made by HIM, and the world knew HIM not,” (John 1:10). There will be a time that men will find out whether or not Jesus really knows them. HE will say, (Mat 7:23 KJV) “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” The people who accept HIM now, can hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord,” (Matthew 25:23).
Unfortunately, people ignore God, even folks who accept HIM as their Savior. The things of the world drag us down to the point of not paying attention to the things of God. Of course, some of it is selfishness on our part too. We work our hours, play our hours and then we think Sundays are our sleeping day, and again, God doesn’t fit into our time; what a shame. It’s time for us to quit being like the disciples were when Jesus asked them to pray while HE did in the garden. Both times HE found them asleep, and I’m afraid HE would find many Christians asleep if HE came back today. So, if this fits you, ‘wake up!’ We have a God that loved us enough to die on the cross for us, and now we should seek HIM. If you look around you will see HIS image everywhere. Some of the images know HIM and some don’t, but they should all remind us of HIM and what we should do for HIM. Man can continue to try to disprove the points made in God’s Word, but I choose to believe it. You may ask, “WHY?” It’s simple: IT’S THE TRUTH, AND I BELIEVE IT.
Have Men Forgotten Who They Are?
1 Timothy 3:7
I went into Life Way Christian book store yesterday with the idea of finding another CD of a choir that I just love to hear sing. They didn’t have any CD’s that I was interested in, so I decided to start looking at other things, such as Bibles, books and other stuff. As a minister, I could spend hours in a store like that, because I just like it. I’m a person who likes watching other people too. I have sat in malls before waiting on the lady of the house to finish shopping for whatever she is buying, and I have really been amazed at the things I see other people do. Sometimes I wonder if we aren’t like robots. Every family is unique in their own way, but we are basically all the same. It makes me look at what God has done with even greater amazement.
In 1Timothy 3:7, Paul wrote that in the last days men would be, “Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” When thinking about people in general I have a tendency to wonder what it was like in the beginning. When was the beginning? Scientist and Bible scholars alike have their opinions, and I’m not arguing when the beginning started, because right now, it really doesn’t matter. Today, there are people trying to second and third guess a God that exist and today they try to put a disclaimer on the fact HE even exists, and HE didn’t create them. It seems like the smarter man becomes, the dumber he is. We loose sight of truth. Despite what some people are trying to prove or disprove, my Bible tells me, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made,’ (John 1:1 – 3). In the book of Genesis we find that man was created from the dust of the earth, chapter 1:26. Not only was man made, he was made in the image of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. This is proved when the Lord said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:” That is why people look the same. Sure HE made different races, and some of us weigh more than others, but we are made just like God, by HIM. Isn’t that exciting?
There is something much more exciting though. Despite all of our wicked ways, HE has made a way for us all to go to heaven. HE died on the cross in our place. That’s right; our place. People in general do not deserve the blessings God has given us much less the salvation from our sins HE offers us. Many people in America say that they believe HE exists, but few there are that accept HIS FREE GIFT. People in general think they can live the way they want to, and never pay attention to God or accept HIS free gift, and when they die from this life that some man will preach them into heaven. After all, how many funerals have you ever heard preached that a person died and went to hell? Most of the time a person is lifted up on this earth as a good person, and people are shown the qualities that person may have had during their lives. Still, many forget that you cannot get to the Father, but only through Jesus Christ. He said, “I am the way, I am the truth, and I am the life.” He is the only way to heaven. And still, we do not deserve this gift.
We need to remember that our bodies will return to the dust from which it came. As a great teacher I had in seminary said, “We are a cup of dirt, with a little water to hold us together.” So, the next time you think you look good, remember; YOU’RE DIRT. Funny, huh? Where is this leading too? Let’s remember that even when we think we are getting by with something; somebody knows. HE knows our every thought, every saying, every action, and our every movement. In John 2:24 – 25, the scriptures says, “But Jesus did not commit HIMSELF to them, because HE knew all men and need not that any should testify of man: for HE knew what was in man.”
A person can tell a whole church, their friends, and their family that they know Jesus, but does Jesus know that person? Yes, HE knows every person, but if you read this chapter, you find that many believed in HIS actions, but they did not accept HIM for who HE is. John wrote, “HE was in the world, and the world was made by HIM, and the world knew HIM not,” (John 1:10). There will be a time that men will find out whether or not Jesus really knows them. HE will say, (Mat 7:23 KJV) “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” The people who accept HIM now, can hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord,” (Matthew 25:23).
Unfortunately, people ignore God, even folks who accept HIM as their Savior. The things of the world drag us down to the point of not paying attention to the things of God. Of course, some of it is selfishness on our part too. We work our hours, play our hours and then we think Sundays are our sleeping day, and again, God doesn’t fit into our time; what a shame. It’s time for us to quit being like the disciples were when Jesus asked them to pray while HE did in the garden. Both times HE found them asleep, and I’m afraid HE would find many Christians asleep if HE came back today. So, if this fits you, ‘wake up!’ We have a God that loved us enough to die on the cross for us, and now we should seek HIM. If you look around you will see HIS image everywhere. Some of the images know HIM and some don’t, but they should all remind us of HIM and what we should do for HIM. Man can continue to try to disprove the points made in God’s Word, but I choose to believe it. You may ask, “WHY?” It’s simple: IT’S THE TRUTH, AND I BELIEVE IT.
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