Hi Gary, Astrapho, bluzman, Jacobs Ladder,
YES, remember this day; when you feel challenged next time. Growth in The Spirit comes in increments because it is the most difficult thing we endure in this life; our old man does not want to die. He (old man) is going to come back over and over, so remember this day when the ride gets bumpy; it will.
When possible listen to the audio of this topic a few hundred times, amazing what you can learn.
Download links below.
Gospel Of The Kingdom part one: http://bible-truths.com/audio/M05%20GospelOfTheKingdom_p1.mp3
Gospel Of The Kingdom part two: http://bible-truths.com/audio/M05%20GospelOfTheKingdom_p2.mp3
Excerpt from transcript: What Is The Gospel Of The Kingdom?
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,6142.msg49583.html#msg49583
The Image Of God
He is creating, not created - finished - done.
If God created (ed - past tense) man in His image, why oh why did he sin? Think about it, are we saying that the image of God is a sinning image? How could the very image of God, sin? Well that’s what they say, they say he (Adam) was perfect.
One day Copeland said, Adam was so glorified, so majestic, so spiritual that you couldn’t see his body. That he glowed like a white star. He was so glorious you couldn’t even see his body, that’s how glorious he was before he sinned. Well why did he sin? How could anything so God-like sin? Because he wasn’t God-like at all! He was as carnal as any slob who has ever drawn breath. That’s why he sinned.
So this is the plan of God, He is making children in His very own image. We are going to be like God. We are going to be God’s children. You know what children are like. So we’ll be like God, if we’re going to be the children of God. We’re going to be like Christ. Christ is called God and we are going to be brothers and sisters. We’re going to be sons of God.
george. ;D