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ENGAGING YOUR GODLIKE POTENTIAL
When we converse, we look for common themes to talk about. We search for common threads. When people can't find them, they "just don't have anything to talk about," or maybe they start talking about the weather (an obvious commonality).
It's easier to relate to people when we have things in common with them. As humans, we can relate much better to another human than to a rock or a tree. Because of the vast differences between ourselves and a plant, there is no level on which to relate. This might sound silly, but it's an obvious phenomenon in our lives.
Another thing to note: as we share more likenesses with another, relating becomes better. Even though we can't relate well with a plant, we can relate a bit better with an animal (a pet). Why? Because animals are more similar to humans than are plants. The more likenesses present between two parties, the greater is their possibility of relating and the higher is their possible level of relating.
in the first book of the Bible. There we find out that God has made humanity "in his own image." Nothing on the earth except people are formed in God's likeness.
What does it mean to be created in God's likeness? Perhaps it is the way he has designed us to share some of the same qualities he has.
Though admittedly to a lesser degree, we also can reason, feel, communicate through speech, create, imagine, hurt deeply, have joy, understand humor. And, like God, we also have a unique immaterial aspect to us -- a spirit. And we have self-consciousness -- "I think; therefore, I am." And we also get jealous. it seems that God has created us as finite versions of his infinite self.
And being human also means we are in a unique position to worship God. Think about it. When was the last time you were driving down a country road and saw a herd of cattle holding a religious ceremony? Except for maybe in a Far Side cartoon, animals just don't worship. But in every part of human history, and in every part of the world, human beings have been engaged in one form of worship or another. Maybe that's because we've been made in God's image, in God's likeness.
Here's the answer:
we think and solve problems, we can be creative, we appreciate beautiful things, and we can love. One other example of how we are like God is that we know the difference between good and bad. so lets do it and make God reign.
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It's easier to relate to people when we have things in common with them. As humans, we can relate much better to another human than to a rock or a tree. Because of the vast differences between ourselves and a plant, there is no level on which to relate. This might sound silly, but it's an obvious phenomenon in our lives.
Another thing to note: as we share more likenesses with another, relating becomes better. Even though we can't relate well with a plant, we can relate a bit better with an animal (a pet). Why? Because animals are more similar to humans than are plants. The more likenesses present between two parties, the greater is their possibility of relating and the higher is their possible level of relating.
in the first book of the Bible. There we find out that God has made humanity "in his own image." Nothing on the earth except people are formed in God's likeness.
What does it mean to be created in God's likeness? Perhaps it is the way he has designed us to share some of the same qualities he has.
Though admittedly to a lesser degree, we also can reason, feel, communicate through speech, create, imagine, hurt deeply, have joy, understand humor. And, like God, we also have a unique immaterial aspect to us -- a spirit. And we have self-consciousness -- "I think; therefore, I am." And we also get jealous. it seems that God has created us as finite versions of his infinite self.
And being human also means we are in a unique position to worship God. Think about it. When was the last time you were driving down a country road and saw a herd of cattle holding a religious ceremony? Except for maybe in a Far Side cartoon, animals just don't worship. But in every part of human history, and in every part of the world, human beings have been engaged in one form of worship or another. Maybe that's because we've been made in God's image, in God's likeness.
Here's the answer:
we think and solve problems, we can be creative, we appreciate beautiful things, and we can love. One other example of how we are like God is that we know the difference between good and bad. so lets do it and make God reign.
read the part two of this post Here
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