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![]() Jesus is the Expressed Image of the GodA key here is the word : EXPRESSED Here are dictionary interpretations: to utter; to give an impression of as in words or in sculpture; to squeeze out; plainly stated; exact; resembling precisely; not implied. [THE WORD] , (This Word) is Jesus, utters, plainly states exactly the VERY ESSENCE of God. Not just an implication of “about”, but precisely IS the same (exact}, in Word, and expression of Truth in Equity. GOD’S SON IS THE EXPRESSED IMAGE OF HIS FATHER. God is Spirit. The Spirit of Christ, body of Christ, and the very being (essence} of Christ came forth from out of God, from that which was IN HIM . He, being, the Begotten Son of God. The Word BECAME flesh (son of man) and dwelt among us. The Spirit of God, Himself, was dwelling in Him, without measure. THIS EXACT HOLY EXPRESSION of God, Jesus, came to DO the WILL of the Father. The doing is: He, being the Essence of God, expressed.. Essence just IS. Essence permeates the whole being of one who drinks it. A rose has an essence of great popularity to mankind. Such is taken within , by drinking with the eyes, nose, emotions, and when personally received in such manner, it is remembered by the word “rose” It is more than a word “rose” that brought pleasure. It was the rose, it’s essence, and it’s nature together that makes you desire the rose. If one had never been introduced to a majestic, sweet fragrant rose, and you explain about it, does that person receive pleasure of it personally? One can hear about receiving one, and have great expectations of it to come, but until the day one actually receives one and drinks in the essence for himself for the first time, he hasn’t experienced the glory of that wonderful essence and beauty. Jesus, THE WORD, IS the beauty and essence of the Father. The essence is that which comes from within the Father, and is gloriously manifested through Jesus, and the receiver can drink in the glory of Him, through Jesus Christ, the essence of God. The word “the” makes it THE exact one. “A” can be one of many. ‘THE’, points to the subject. The Will, is another thought to look at. What is WILL? God gives us human understanding, that after a testator has died a Will goes into effect. An heir receives the inheritance of the testator. An interesting thought here is: Charities is, that which is given away BEFORE the man dies. Charity is considered above and beyond what is given upon death. We have been under the impression that Charities is a group or groups who disperse your goods to the needy and some groups make a profit upon it We tend to KEEP what we have, because of self desires, and thus give charitably after death, because of usage or fear of loss. TRUE Charity is giving freely, and often all, WHILE ALIVE. God showed complete Love, by giving His SON. The SON showed greatest Love, by giving God’s Mercying Will away, BEFORE, He died. He went about doing good . The word ‘good’ is the Hebrew word for MERCY. He, Who IS the essence of the Mercy of God, did the Mercy of God. HE GAVE MERCY. Therefore IN Life He gave Charities, and in Death he gave inheritance. This inheritance is SPIRITUAL LIFE. So we also, must go and do likewise. What, exactly, did Jesus give to the poor, etc.? Money, riches and fame? Was that the charities and then inheritance He planned? Did God plan to FEED the very sin we inherit from birth? The sin of pride and lust? I dare not think so. ‘THAT man of sin’ is what must die, in order to gain. One doesn’t feed the beast that ravens the soul, he kills it. IT MUST DIE. Jesus showed, that which He has given of Himself, is the same you give back to God. What did Jesus give before death? MERCY. He went about doing Mercy. He spoke MERCY. HE touched with MERCY. BY Mercy He GAVE . That is what you give to another. That is Charity. The apostles said, ”Silver and gold, have I none, but such as I have I give unto you.” They gave of the KINGDOM which IS Mercy. It’s the Mercy of God. Mercy Is the throne of God. Mercy corrects, and Mercy is forgiving and is tenderhearted. Mercy doesn’t desire anyone to be IN evil, but to be redeemed FROM it. Correction unto righteousness IS MERCY, and He doesn’t want us to stay within the servant-hood of any evil. He gives Equality and Truth. Truth must be in balance within the whole man. What is good for one man , may not be so good for another man. That depends upon the individual’s own life. For instance, I may love strawberries, another may not. Strawberries is not the same to every man. Strawberries don’t change the whole man, yet the man’s relation to the strawberries, may change and vary. God deals with every man according to the necessities of the whole man. God takes into account the WHOLE man, and not just in part. We see part, until God makes us whole. God desires that the whole (complete) man be made whole (fulfilled), and not divided within himself. This is why reckoning the flesh to be dead , while we are living in this world , while taking on the image of Christ in the new life exchange, is considered Spiritual Charities. How so? Man can NEVER , EVER give anything to GOD that would be charitable . We can only give one thing......the offering of Jesus Christ back to God, in the dead nature’s place. Jesus life blood is acceptable, and His image must be seen by God. Jesus DOES MERCY, through the expression of Himself. God desires that we also become son’s, therefore having the expression of Himself coming through our life. We therefore give MERCY (CHARITY) while we yet live unto Him, and dead unto self. The Expressed Image of God, Himself, can be expressed through our mortal bodies, through Jesus Christ, who IS the EXPRESSED IMAGE of God. His Will and Testament, is to manifest THE Eternal Being within.....which is HIM. John 17:3 And THIS IS life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. This knowing, means to personally “drink the essence of Him within your whole being.” He IS THIS LIFE ETERNAL that must be “DRUNK IN” Charity, is the giving of your prized possession , called life, NOW. Self pride and fear and unbelief thinks, give LATER, after I die. ‘Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow I die.’ But we will chance it that God will say, “I never KNEW you” The scripture says that if I give all things (on the outward man), but HAVE NOT Charity, we are as a clanging symbol. We’re a symbol of something , (an image of untrue-and not exact) making noise, but not having the IMAGE of Christ flowing in and through us......HIM. The Will of the Father, through the death of the testator, had given Charitably, before His death, the Gift of Himself, the essence of God’s Mercying Love. This same Jesus is given to man through the Spirit of Christ, so as to manifest God’s Mercying Love within the willing man who also charitably gives back unto God, the ONLY gift God desires....the expression of Himself through Jesus Christ’s Spirit. Jesus Christ replaces that self depraved man with the essence of God. THIS PERFECT GIFT (Jesus and Father... THE Life Eternal), sits on the throne of our very core of life, while being the Will and Testament that’s dwelling within man. God Almighty, the (I AM) is your inheritance. TO die to self, is to gain Eternal Life.....HIM. The Word became flesh (son of man /son of God), so that flesh ( the redeemed sons of God} can become Word.... The IMAGE of the TRUE. The glory (of God) of the only begotten Son of God can be manifested, within you! ‘We will come and make our abode!’ GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST! All rights reserved.
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