"For to me to live is Christ..." - The Apostle Paul, Philippians 1:21
To be human can be defined by millions of factors and experiences. We live in an unprecedented age in which innumerable voices are seeking to tell us what to be. Those voices know that what we become determines what we do; and what we do determines what we have.
One of the wonderful truths of the Bible, i am glad to say, is how It deftly condenses human experience down to the lowest common denominators.
We are the Image of the GODHEAD, That Eternal Family of Beings from and for Whom all that exists was created (Genesis 1:26-28). This Divine Family is the Fountain from Which all LOVE, FAITH and HOPE saturates the Cosmos like an Infinite Living Ocean with no surface (1 Corinthians 13:13).
It may be, Beloved Reader, that your life experience may not fully reflect your Creator, yet it doesn't mean that your life is cut off from This Wondrous Ocean forever!
GOD Is
The first Step in the restoration of GOD's Image to our human being (Hebrew nephesh) is to confess that The Perfect Image from Which our species was hewn so long ago EXISTS.
The voices of the world try to confuse us by either convincing us GOD is not, or by masking GOD's True Nature by half-truths and outright lies. In the cases where atheism fails to take root in the human heart, the glorious freedom of the first two Chapters of The Bible are suppressed under a suffocating mob of religions, esotericisms, spiritism and metaphysics that serve the same function as the plethora of laws, statutes, bylaws, regulations and taxation that, even now, make life on Earth so challenging.
Even if you are able to run the length of such a gauntlet and approach The Holy Bible with an open mind, the culture you grew up in with its axioms so buried in your subconscious you've forgotten they exist, will wage war against what you read There...making it difficult for you to grasp the truth that such Wonderful Beings as The GODHEAD can actually be present with you even now.
As one who has encountered The Lord Jesus Christ face to Face, and has fought all your battles (and have lost far too many of them), I can tell you with all sincerity that GOD is...and that He/They are MORE WONDEFUL and BEAUTIFUL and BENEVOLENT than you could possibly imagine!!!
GOD Speaks
The second step towards the restoration of GOD'S Image in you is to expose your mind and heart to the Truths in the Bible, which is GOD'S Holy Word--especially those Truths concerning Jesus Christ Who was the Eternal Living Word of GOD long before He was the Son of GOD (John 1:1-14). The Truth of the existence of the Creator described in The Bible changes everything. Without Him we are the image of Nothing (according to evolutionary theory) and at the end of our meaningless lives we expect to return to nothing. With Him, however, our existence has infinite importance that extends far beyond the grave. The Historic Death, Burial and Resurrection of The Lord Jesus Christ demonstrates that on a Day fixed in time EVERY HUMAN WHO HAS DIED WILL BE PHYSICALLY BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE by the Power of GOD to give an account for the life he or she has lived (Revelation 20).
GOD Gives
The third step towards the restoration of GOD'S Image in you is to receive Jesus into your heart by Faith (Ephesians 3:14-19). Whatever age at which you find yourself in this moment, if you have walked the path of life alone trapped in a body that doesn't reflect the person you intended to be, you need not be alone any longer! You have but to turn your focus and attention from the emptiness within you to the Fullness of Divine Love Who is Christ Your Savior. Receive Him humbly into your proud heart and realize that two thousand years before you were born He washed away your sins in His Own Blood (Revelation 1:5). Receive Him by faith, and the Sacrifice He made on His Cross once for all will become present reality for you...
...and you will taste what Perfect Unconditional Love is (Hebrews 10:11-14). The war, the struggle, the doubt, the religion the fear is OVER (Matthew 11:28-30). The person your family, friends and acquaintances thought they knew is DEAD...replaced by the REAL YOU that has been hidden in Christ before creation even existed (Colossians 3:1-4).
The GODHEAD are far more than your Creators now; They are your Loving Parents and Eternal Companions. Whatever the future holds, They will face it with you and IN you...forever (Matthew 28:18-20)!
To be...to exist...is Christ!
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