November 26, 2017

We come to the place where we move to the next level of spiritual maturity.  This level of spiritual growth has to do with taking on the image of God.  In Genesis 1:26 it reads, And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion…”  It is clear from this passage that God’s purpose in creating mankind was to have someone on earth made like him, made in his image. Now we know that God is Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and Truth. To take on the image of God, then, means to take on his spirit image.  God is a spirit being, and He has made us like him – spirit beings. However, the gospel of John adds to the revelation about the image of God. We find in John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Here the Holy Spirit takes us deeper. The Word is God.  This being true, then the image of God is the Word. Now there is no need for confusion because Jesus, the Word, said that His Word is spirit and life, John 6:63. We thus come to this conclusion that to take on the image of God means to take on his Spirit image by taking on his Word image. How do you take on the word image of God? By establishing (planting, building) the word of God into your spirit. There should be no doubt that God is His word and the Word of God is God. When you establish the Word of God in your spirit, you establish the image of God in you.