Characteristics of God
Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:26-27 NKJV)
When God created us, He created us in His EXACT image and likeness.
In this scripture, the Hebrew word for IMAGE is the same exact word that Old Testament scriptures describe as idols..
“Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’?” (John 10:34 NKJV)
The Hebrew word for LIKENESS translates more to the word, counterpart.
According the dictionary definition for Counterpart, it means: a person or thing resembling another, especially in function!!!
God already has millions of angels whose job is to worship him, so why were we created?
“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” (I John 4:8 NKJV)
He created us to have dominion over the earth and to fellowship with Him.
He created us because He needed something to embrace His love to, especially because GOD IS LOVE.
But, as we all know, when man sinned, we lost our connection with God and that the authority God gave us, we transferred it to the devil.
The good news though, is that when Jesus died on the cross for our sins, the authority that was stolen from us was given to Christ.
He was given dominion and authority over every part of Heaven, Earth, and everything under the Earth.
When we accept Jesus into our lives, we have been adopted into God's family.
As the Church, we are married to Christ and God has become our true Father.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Because we are one with Christ, we share His authority and dominion.
You know that saying: Like Father, Like Son?
That term came about because a person has certain traits and characteristics and as they have children, the traits and characteristics of the parents will be passed down to the next generation.
One thing we need to know is that many of the things we see here on Earth is a mirror of the Kingdom of God.
In the same way, God has certain traits and characteristics and as His children being created in His EXACT Image and Likeness, we have acquired them.
I am going to go week by week adding to this blog God's characteristics because how can we know if they are in us if we do not know what they are?