The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-24
MAN IN THE IMAGE OF
GOD

the of grace and place ourselves where God hear
and answer prayer.
It to that, coming into meeting of this kind
those of you who in any need of healing should be
thinking about the deepening of your spiritual life My
earnest prayer to God is that not to Him
at the close Of this meeting than you it will not be
my fault
I desire you to bear in mind what God said, through
His Servant James, DRAW nigh to God and He will draw
nigh to you."-Jas. 4 g.
PRAYER BY THE GENERAL OvERsEER
God Father touch each and every heart here by
the Holy Spirits power Help u.s. this afternoon to be in
Thy Spirit and may we by eye of faith, Thy face
those here this afternoon who suffering in body,
grant, Father in Heaven that they be able to shut the
world outside and be brought closer to Thee than be-
fore in their lives
Now, Father, bless sing, and read Thy
Word and as we pray may this place this afternoon be
other than the House of God the gate of Heaven
We most earnestly pray in Jesus Name Amen.
The Hymn entitled "The Precious Name then
sung after which the General Overseer led the congregation
in repeating the Twentythrd Psalm closing with the re
mark May God help realize, fully than
have BEFORE the real force and meaning of the statement
"The Lord is my Shepherd"
The Hymn, "Sous of Men, Why will We Scatter?'
then earnestly sung whereupon the General Overseer de-
vered the following address:
GENERAL OvERsEER: Let all please turn with me to
the first chapter of Genesis and will read part of the
twenty-sxth verse:
"And God said, let Us make man in Our image after
Our likeness
Also please turn with to the Book of Second CORN
thians the third chapter and the 18th verse:
"But all, with open face beholding in glass the
glory of the Lord changed into the image from
glory to glory by the Spirit Of the Lord
Now in Hebrews the first chapter, the third to the fifth
verse;
Who being the brightness of His glory and the express
noaoa Of and nv
of His power when He had by Himself purged SINS sat
down at the right hand Of the Majesty on high;
Being made much better thar the angels He hath
by inheritance obtained excellent than they
For unto which of the angels said He at time, Thou
art My Son; this day have begotten thee? And again,
will be to Him Father, and He shall be to Me SOM"
Also in First john the third chapter, the first to the
third verse:
Behold what of love the Father hath bestowed
upon that should be called the of Cod therefore
the world knoweth us not because it knew Him not.
Beloved now the of God, and it doth not
yet appear what we shall be: but know that when He
shall appear we shall be like Him, for shall see Him
as He is.
"And every man that hath this hope in him purl1eth
himself, even He is pure
THE IMAGE OF GOD
Now, the first verse that / read this afternoon-And
God said, Let Us make man'-how?
VOICES: "In Our image
GENERAL OvERsEER: While sitting here, have been
wondering my mind what it really means to be in
the image of Cod
AS understand the expression to have object in
the likeness of another that the bears close
resemblance to the other and in view of the fact that is
mans character which really makes him what he is and
that the real is just what he she is in
character then God is what He by virtue of the attributes
which He possesses.
That word attributes" may be just little difficult for
of you but will endeavor to make it plain We speak
of God being Loveof God being Mercy-therefore, Love
and Mercy two of His attributes.
We speak of God being Omniscient that is having
knowledge Of all things; speak of God as being Omn
present. that u.s. being in all places at the time
speak of God being Omnpoen that is, possessing
limited power, being Almighty.
Then Omniscience, Omnpresence Omnipotence and
Love and Mercy, all attributes of God.
If only help you this afternoon to realize that you
created in the image of God the Almighty Himself