The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-24


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understand the expression "Created in the image of
God' to that is gifted, like God with certain
powers and talents and characteristics.
For instance: God is pure; and man, being created
pure being was that extent in the image of God his
Maker
God also being Love and Mercy he was created
and left Gods hands, full of love and mercy and COM
passion and in these respects like unto God his
Creator.
CHRIST THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF GOD THE FATHER
Let us see now if the verse which we read in the book
of Hebrews will help us out any, We told that Jesus
the Christ was in the Express image of"-whom?
VOICES "God the Father"
GENERAL OvERsEER: And that He was what,
CARDS Gods glory?
VOICES :In the brightness of His glory
GENERAL OvERsEER Yes, the brightness or the efful-
gence His glory And there any angel worthy to be
compared with Christ?
VOICES mo-
GENERAL OvERsEER: No; because, according to the
verse that read in Hebrews He had obtained
ceent nhertance-a more excellent name-than they had
read in Philippians the second chapter NINTH tenth
and eleventh verses:
'Wherefore God had also highly exalted Him. and hath
given Him Name which is above every name:
'That at the Name Of Jesus every knee should bow OF
things in Heaven and things in EARTH and things under the
earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord to the glory of God the Father
If we understand what is meant by Christ being
the Express Image of the Father then will begin to
understand what means for man to created the Image
Of God. Jesus the Christ perfect "He did sin,
neither guile found in His mouth.-I Peter 2:22.
Go back and he first created because
God carried out what He had sad and created His
Own Image It is becoming clearer and clearer to
mind precisely what is by the expression "Le us
make in Our Own Image, and what it to be in
the Image of God
MEANING OF THE "IMAGE OF GoD'
To be in the Image of Cod to be pure to be holy
to be truthful be honest to be upright and be graced
in character with all the taits-or attributes Marks or
characteristics compose Gods glorious and wonderful
Character.
THE IMAGE OF COP INDEsTRUCTIBLE
With this thought in minds, very easily see
how far the image which have born of God has been
obscured The image which bear to God be
destroyed; it is indestructibe
Often when am preaching, as look at some people,
and that there not any response to the Stl small
Voice. of the Holy Spirit to that the only spark
of Divinity that is left of the image which they bore to
God, is small that it is almost obliterated but sat-
ised that the image which bears to God is ndesruc
tbe it have been obscured by nnumerabe SINS and
almost the last traces of that image apparently have
been obliterated; but it cannot be wholly destroyed.
THE CLEANSING RESTORING POWER CHRIsTs BLOOD
ALL-POWERFUL
am further convinced of the ndestructbility of the
Image of God because the blood of Christ is sufficient to
cleanse the vest sinner and it is sufficient for the most
loathsome disease. God is able to take who is
stepped in vice until the body has lost almost all
bance human being, and make out of that horrible
object angel of lght-a bright and shining highland
develop that poor creature into character sweet and
lovely to constitute of the greatest miracles that
wrought.
Some people fail to that the salvation of sinner is
miracle but it is just much miracle the healing
of any disease; that God take vile sinner and trans
form him into beautiful Christian character is miracle
beyond the power of man.
THE IMAGE OF GOD RETAINED DWELLING SECRET
PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH
AS am thinking about this image that bear to God
think of the first part of the Nnety-frst Psalm
'He that dweeth in the secret place of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty'
Whenever has gotten into the Secret place of the
Most High" then in the life and in the countenance of that
person you will see very great extent the Image of
God.
CHRIST CAME TO RESTORE THE IMAGE OF GOD IN MAN