The image of God which is imprinted on the soul has been clouded and does not perfectly bear the Divine likeness. Why? Because of the change disobedience made in people.

Yet, God can impress His own image once again.

Martin Luther is credited for saying, “The purpose of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.”

I was surprised at the use of the word “enjoy”.

Another word is “cleave”.

In the Bible, “cleave” means a strong, inseparable connection.

You shall fear the LORD your God; him will you serve, and to him will you cleave.

These words are very strong. Do we want to be as close as possible to God? And do we find “enjoyment” in God?

God is the best there is and he particularly created man breathing the breath of life into him.

How close is our relationship with God?

What do these words mean to us?

Can we enjoy God?

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When we encounter God, we naturally want to bow. And it is the right thing to do. We bow before the great God who made all things. He sent his Son, Jesus to save us.

But God wants us to stand before Him. And He wants us to stand against evil.

Daniel encountered God and fell on his face on the ground. A hand touched him and set him trembling on his hands and knees.

He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.

God made humans to stand on the earth. This is our correct posture. “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”

“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”

We are free people because God has set us free. We stand on earth to represent the Lord in heaven. And we stand against evil with God’s armor.

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Those who have not had an experience with God sometimes think that religion is accepting a list of beliefs.

This is not helped by churches that publish a pamphlet called “What We Believe”

Contrast this with Jesus saying “Follow me”.

But we must be clear about what we believe. There is heresy out there!

This may be part of the frame, but where is the picture?

“Who do people say that I am?

They said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus says that the Father in heaven revealed this to Peter. Nathaniel had a similar experience. But this was not a requirement to begin following Jesus. This is the work of the Spirit. To reveal more about this man, the Son of Man, to the human heart.

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It is said that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” But the perception of color is in the retina of that beholder.

We say, “The ball is red.”

But the ball absorbs all the colors except red, like green. So we see a red ball. And all the different colors in the world.

All this takes place inside of your eye. How did your eye know about colors?

Is there another explaination than this: God created the human eye.

This is only one of the marvels of the body. There are many. We are gifted with abilities from birth like sight.

But God wants to give us more. He wants us to have eternal life and spiritual gifts. Jesus made this possible. And he gives the Holy Spirit to those who follow him.

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