God speaks today Wednesday | July 3, 2024
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
(Genesis 1:26)Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
(1 Timothy 1:17) The esteem of God
As Christians, we must base our self-worth on our identity in Christ, not on humanistic ideas of self-esteem. Our self-image should be rooted in the fact that we are made in God's image and likeness, and that we are beloved, accepted, redeemed, blessed, chosen, adopted, and forgiven children of God. Humanistic self-esteem focuses on what we think of ourselves, while Christian identity focuses on what God thinks of us. Self-esteem promotes pride and self-sufficiency, while identity in Christ leads us to put our ego aside and live for Christ. Self-esteem tries to deify man and promote that God is not needed, while identity in Christ reaffirms us as children of God. We must know who we are in Christ to walk with Him and avoid the identity crisis that many churches are experiencing.
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And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
(Colossians 3:10)And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
(Ephesians 4:24)Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
(James 3:9)And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
(Genesis 3:22)Comments: