Complete In The Image Of God

Monday November 15, 2021

Before anyone gives their will and life over to the care of God, the Scriptures tell us they are dead in their trespasses and sins. That means for them no relationship with God or understanding of His nature exists. At one time that was each one of us! We lived our lives incomplete and unaware of the God in whose image we are made. God, however, knew us before we were even born and in His abundant mercy pursued us with His love. When we responded we discovered that God, through Jesus, had already made a way for us to be restored to His image and nature in which we are complete.

When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ's Cross. (Colossians 2:13-14 MSG)

When we accepted Jesus as our Saviour, we left our old self behind and started to walk in the path of recovery. We no longer walked alone for God gave us His Holy Spirit to guide us to the knowledge of all truth. Through prayer and meditation on the Scriptures we are getting to know this God of grace and holiness and He will prompt us to do what is right and good.

My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you. (Ephesians 4:20b -24 MSG)

Our old self may rebel against our new self but, through determination and perseverance to follow the way of truth, we will be armed and strengthened to stand against sin, fleshly yearnings, and the devil. The truth is, Jesus has already won the battle on our behalf. In Jesus, we are complete.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank You for loving me, and through Jesus, restoring Your image and nature in me. Amen

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