Wednesday, December 19, 2012

How God Sees You As A Person

 How God Sees You As A Person


Gen 1:27
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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God has created you in His image.

Gen 1:31
31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.
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Everything God has created is good, that includes you!

Ps 139:14
4 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
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God has made you into a beautiful and wonderful person.

John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
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God has loved you so much that He died for you. God has paid a precious price for you.

2 Cor 5:17
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
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When you accept Jesus into your life, God gives you His Holy Spirit and you are a new creation.

1 Cor 12:1-13:1
12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: 2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free — and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." 22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, 24 but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, 25 that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
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Eph 4:11-16
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head — Christ — 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
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God has given each person talents, abilities and gifts. God has given you talents, abilities and gifts, and He has also made you unique, and every person is unique. No two people are the same, but when we use the talents and abilities God gives us, He is pleased, and all of us together will become one body in Him. As each person works together with their own unique talents and abilities, the Body is complete, and many great things get accomplished.

Phil 4:19
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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God has given you everything He sees that you need. God has given you a measure of wisdom, He has given you your talents, and He has given you His Holy Spirit.

Ezek 11:19-20
19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
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Ezek 36:26-27
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
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God has given you a great heart, and He has given you a heart to obey His words, and to love one another.

Eph 2:8-10
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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God has created us to do good works, and God has prepared the works He desires you to do. God has created you for who you are, and He will use you for the works He has prepared for you.

Ps 103:10
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
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God has forgiven us of all our sins, and we are seen by Him as sin free, blameless, and spotless.

Eph 4:32
32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
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God calls us to be kind, tenderhearted, and loving. God also wants us to forgive each other.

Rom 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
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Jer 31:34
For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.
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Eph 1:7
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
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We all have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, but God has forgiven all of our sins and remembers them no more through His death on the cross and shedding of His blood. We are free and clean of all sin.

John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
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1 Cor 13
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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Our love for one another shows that we are disciples of Christ. Everything is meaningless without love, and love is the greatest attribute you can have.

Conclusion:
God has created you in His image. Everything God has created is good, that includes you! God has made you into a beautiful and wonderful person. God has loved you so much that He died for you. God has paid a precious price for you. When you accept Jesus into your life, God gives you His Holy Spirit and you are a new creation. God has given you the talents, abilities and gifts He desires you to have. God has made you unique, and every person is unique. No two people are the same, but when we use the talents and abilities God gives us, He is pleased, and all of us together will become one body in Him. As each person works together with their own unique talents and abilities, the Body is complete, and many great things get accomplished. God has given you everything He sees that you need. God has given you a measure of wisdom, He has given you your talents, and He has given you His Holy Spirit. God has given you a great heart, and He has given you a heart to obey His words, and to love one another. God has created us to do good works, and God has prepared the works He desires you to do. God has created you for who you are, and He will use you for the works He has prepared for you. God has forgiven you of all your sins, and you are seen by Him as sin free, blameless, and spotless. God calls you to be kind, tenderhearted, and loving. God also wants you to forgive each other. We all have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, but God has forgiven all of your sins and remembers them no more through His death on the cross and shedding of His blood. You are free and clean from all sin. Your love for one another shows that you are a disciple of Christ. Everything is meaningless without love, and love is the greatest attribute you can have. All great things will be accomplished by the love, kindness, and compassion you have on others.

By Rodney Calmes

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