BBD 08.06.10 The Image of God (New)

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08.06.10

The Image of God

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the
Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as
by the Spirit of the Lord. - 2 Corinthians 3:18.

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the
kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn over all creation. - Colossians 1:13-15.

Jesus said this: "He who has seen Me has seen the Father." - John 14:9b.

For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of
His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. - Romans 8:29.

Thisman dot org is the website about a man whom many people across the world
claim to have seen in their dreams. One woman drew a sketch of the man after
having seen him in her dreams and gave the sketch to her psychiatrist.
Another client saw the sketch and claimed to have seen the same man in his
dreams. From there it spread with perhaps thousands of other people claiming
to have seen an image of the same person in their dreams. I did look at the
website to see the sketch of the man of their dreams and to me he appears to
be like a variant image of the smiley face with some hair. Maybe they are
just having some happy dreams.

Jim Stevens in Jonesborough, Tennessee is seeing an image of a man too, but
not in his dreams. Stevens has been seeing what appears to be the classical
image of Jesus in the condensation on the window of his Isuzu pickup truck.
The image has the long hair and beard as Jesus is typically pictured and by
November of 2009 the image had been appearing every morning for a couple of
weeks. I tried to find an update to see if the image is still appearing but
did not find anything new. I am wondering if Jesus just appears on Isuzu
pickup trucks or if he can appear on Ford and Chevy trucks too?

Of course, no one really knows what Jesus looked like although there does
seem to be a commonality among all the purported early images that exist.
There are also a few written descriptions of Jesus, including one by Publius
Lentullus and one by Pontius Pilate in a letter to Tiberius Caesar.

Although we have not seen Jesus with our physical eyes, we have seen His
image. I am not talking about a photo, or a drawing, or a painting, or a
carving, or a sculpture or anything of that nature. We have seen the image
of Jesus in the lives of those who know Jesus as their Savior. In some
believers, the image of Jesus is not as easy to see as in the lives of
others. Some believers act more like Jesus would act than other believers
do. As Paul says we are ".being transformed into the same image."

As it has been said many times, you as a Christian may be the only Bible
that some will ever read. You could also say that you as a Christian may be
the only Jesus that some will ever see. What portrait of Jesus are you
painting with your life?

Copyright © 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals
in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

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those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

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You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
www.kkbifm.com/

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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries.
Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more
than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is
made up of more than 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive
prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails the Burning Bush
Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to
bbinspire-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at
http://www.theburningbush.net.

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 959 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

08.06.10

The Image of God

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the
Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as
by the Spirit of the Lord. - 2 Corinthians 3:18.

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the
kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn over all creation. - Colossians 1:13-15.

Jesus said this: "He who has seen Me has seen the Father." - John 14:9b.

For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of
His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. - Romans 8:29.

Thisman dot org is the website about a man whom many people across the world
claim to have seen in their dreams. One woman drew a sketch of the man after
having seen him in her dreams and gave the sketch to her psychiatrist.
Another client saw the sketch and claimed to have seen the same man in his
dreams. From there it spread with perhaps thousands of other people claiming
to have seen an image of the same person in their dreams. I did look at the
website to see the sketch of the man of their dreams and to me he appears to
be like a variant image of the smiley face with some hair. Maybe they are
just having some happy dreams.

Jim Stevens in Jonesborough, Tennessee is seeing an image of a man too, but
not in his dreams. Stevens has been seeing what appears to be the classical
image of Jesus in the condensation on the window of his Isuzu pickup truck.
The image has the long hair and beard as Jesus is typically pictured and by
November of 2009 the image had been appearing every morning for a couple of
weeks. I tried to find an update to see if the image is still appearing but
did not find anything new. I am wondering if Jesus just appears on Isuzu
pickup trucks or if he can appear on Ford and Chevy trucks too?

Of course, no one really knows what Jesus looked like although there does
seem to be a commonality among all the purported early images that exist.
There are also a few written descriptions of Jesus, including one by Publius
Lentullus and one by Pontius Pilate in a letter to Tiberius Caesar.

Although we have not seen Jesus with our physical eyes, we have seen His
image. I am not talking about a photo, or a drawing, or a painting, or a
carving, or a sculpture or anything of that nature. We have seen the image
of Jesus in the lives of those who know Jesus as their Savior. In some
believers, the image of Jesus is not as easy to see as in the lives of
others. Some believers act more like Jesus would act than other believers
do. As Paul says we are ".being transformed into the same image."

As it has been said many times, you as a Christian may be the only Bible
that some will ever read. You could also say that you as a Christian may be
the only Jesus that some will ever see. What portrait of Jesus are you
painting with your life?

Copyright © 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals
in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-subscribe@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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