Man was created in God’s image as the pinnacle of God’s creation. We were made to stand before God, mirror Him, and reflect His image and glory. We were designed to worship and for everything from God to reflect out of us.

The devil loathes the image of God and will do anything he can to mar it. Because we stand in the image of God, the devil’s wrath is turned towards us. He will do anything he can to stop us from reflecting the image and glory of God.

In the early days of creation, man was innocent, had no sin, and walked with God. It was just man fellowshipping with the Creator. But something happened.

The tempter came, and they ate. Death and darkness came over the spirit of man. He became a 2-deminsional being, left with only his soul and physical body. Dead inside. Living outside – a living body on a ticking clock waiting for a physical death and eternal judgement. Banished from the presence of God. The devil had marred the image of God.

Once the heart and mind were darkened through sin, man lost the image we were meant to reflect. Since we are no longer reflecting the glory of God, all we can do is try to project our own glory. We now exalt the creature above the Creator and begin to live like we are gods. Men are lovers of pleasure instead of lovers of God. It’s perverted self-love; and it has bred a whole generation of narcissist. We worship ourselves, our opinions, and our pleasure. It’s idolatry.

Once created in the image of God to reflect the glory of God, but now that our spirit has died through sin and the life of God is no longer inside, our soul is looking for something to attach to that looks alive. We live in soulish realms and become chasers of alcohol, drugs, sexual perversion, sports, entertainment, and pleasure. However, we find those things aren’t life and their end is death.

God is offering eternal life back to you. In Jesus there is life – the same Word that spoke the world into existence and upholds it by the Word of His power.

When you have the light of Christ’s life inside, you will once again reflect the glory of God. You will begin to live. Your heart will begin to beat again with a spiritual beating. Eternal life will enter inside of you. The hope of the promises of God will come alive. There will be nothing between you and God. As the block is taken away, you can see the light of His glory rushing in. This is the new birth. Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the glory of God.

It is not about religion. There’s only one door. Church and baptism are not the door. The cross of Christ is the door. When we come to Christ, we see the error of our way, humble ourselves, and go through the cross. We pass from death to life. We die to the person we were and come alive in Christ Jesus.

Go to the cross till there’s nothing left of you. Weep your way through. Let Him restore His image in you so you can once again reflect the glory of God.

The predestined plan of God is to adopt you as sons and daughters and to conform you to His image. Where we will be like Jesus; walk, talk, look, think, live, heal, and pray like Him.

Marriage won’t give you life if you don’t bring the life of Christ in. There are so many who are dead in their sin; God wants to make you alive. If we will ever see marriage restored to where God wants it to be, we’ve got to get the life back inside of us.

God set an eternal soul inside a temporal house. Nothing can satisfy it except God Himself. We must touch the eternals, and the only access we have to eternity is: the eternal blood of Jesus, the eternal Word of God, and the eternal Holy Ghost.