Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” (Genesis 1:26)
Self-evaluation is hard for some of us to do because we know within ourselves that we don’t line up with the likeness of God. According to the WorldOMeters Website there are 7 Billion+ people in this world as of May 31, 2012. For a brief moment please take a look at yourself; if everybody in the world was just like you, what kind of world would this be.
Sometimes I think we fail to realize that we were all created in His image and likeness to rule over the earth, but sin has caused us to lose focus. Yes sin, the very thing that God hates has taken residence over our lives. The very thing, sin, which caused man (Adam) to fall has rule in so many lives today. With the first, Adam it was the sin of disobedience. There are so many of us that will allow Satan to use that (disobedience) to trap us because we can’t submit or obey anything not even God.
According to Matthew 12:33 “…for a tree is known by its fruit”, so what kind of fruit are you bearing. Galatians 6: 19-23, says “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions (discord), jealousy, outbursts of wrath (fits of rage), selfish ambitions, dissensions (arguments), heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries (orgies), and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” If you have more works of the flesh being produced than the fruit of the spirit, more than likely you are not walking and living in the fullness of His image.
Self-evaluation is hard for some of us to do because we know within ourselves that we don’t line up with the likeness of God. According to the WorldOMeters Website there are 7 Billion+ people in this world as of May 31, 2012. For a brief moment please take a look at yourself; if everybody in the world was just like you, what kind of world would this be.
Sometimes I think we fail to realize that we were all created in His image and likeness to rule over the earth, but sin has caused us to lose focus. Yes sin, the very thing that God hates has taken residence over our lives. The very thing, sin, which caused man (Adam) to fall has rule in so many lives today. With the first, Adam it was the sin of disobedience. There are so many of us that will allow Satan to use that (disobedience) to trap us because we can’t submit or obey anything not even God.
According to Matthew 12:33 “…for a tree is known by its fruit”, so what kind of fruit are you bearing. Galatians 6: 19-23, says “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions (discord), jealousy, outbursts of wrath (fits of rage), selfish ambitions, dissensions (arguments), heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries (orgies), and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” If you have more works of the flesh being produced than the fruit of the spirit, more than likely you are not walking and living in the fullness of His image.
And as for that in the good soil, they are those who hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring fort fruit with patience.
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