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Restoring the Image of God.

 Can you see the picture of a beat up and rusted old motor vehicle or an extremely neglected house? You may ask yourself how something so beautiful became so neglected and uncared for? Did it just get old? Or did the owners just stop caring for their property? If we are not careful our knowledge of the Lord if neglected and not cared for, can become unrecognizable to those we are trying to portray Him too. Accurate knowledge of the Lord is necessary to communicate to others who God is, otherwise the picture we are telling may be an inaccurate picture, and we become liable for not telling the truth, when we know better. 


Artificial Intelligence now can create images and video that look so real, and convince you that you are seeing something real, when in fact you are seeing something created by a computer and something not real. The impression you get comes from a false or distorted reality. Our understanding and knowledge of God can be the same. It’s true, that some people are doing this in regard to our Lord. They distort the image of God in the world through all their pain and destruction so that you can no longer recognize God, or know Him properly anymore. 


In Order for people to know God at all, He has to be accurately reflected by those who know and follow Him. If the truth about God isn’t known or inaccurately portrayed by people claiming to know Him, people will get a distorted picture of who God is, and they will fail to know him. One of the most successful ways the enemies of God are succeeding in erasing God from our collective consciousness, is distorting His Image or inaccurately portraying God to the public.


When we uphold a false image of God, it leads to deception and chaos because our society no longer has an accurate picture of who God is. When we turn to the church for direction, or other religious leaders, and they fail to accurately tell us who God is, it leaves us in confusion and even distress, because we desperately need to hear from the Lord. We are left with the feeling that God is being silent to us and doesn’t see or feel our pain. We feel we can no longer bandage the wounds of our hurting brothers and sisters in humanity, because we come to the conclusion that God doesn’t care, therefore we shouldn’t care. 


The answer to this is accurately telling people who God actually is. Not distorting His Character or His image, but being truthful witnesses of God. Gas lighting has become very popular in our culture now, and even a professional habit, but there is no room in deceiving people about who God is. The bible warns us about this in 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.” This is Mike.


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