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In Genesis chapter 1 verse 26, the Bible says, and God said, Let us make man in our image

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after our likeness. In Genesis chapter 2 verse 7, the Bible says, and the Lord God formed

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man of the dust of the ground and breathed into His nostrils the breath of life, and man

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became a living soul. We have the image of God which is a very highest, and we have dust of the

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ground which is the loist. By placing His image in the dust of the ground, the material from which

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Adam was made, God teaches us a very, very significant lesson about himself, and that is,

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it is always God's desire to lift, to elevate, never, to debase. Let me say that again,

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God's desire for you, my listening friend, is still listening to elevate every area of your life

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beginning, of course, in the moral area. Despite sin, that great catastrophe, it is still God's

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desire to elevate you and me. We read in Hebrews 12 verse 10, we might be partakers of His holiness.

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We read in 2 Peter chapter 1 verse 4, we should be partakers of the divine nature,

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and we read in Philippians 2 verse 5, this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.

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The introduction of sin did not lower God's standards for His creation. He desires us now,

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still to have His mind, His holiness, and His part-devine nature. We should connect.

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I should say to that divine nature, God's desire for you, and I speak to you individually,

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is to elicit your life. Beginning with the moral area of your life, and then every other

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area will follow. Let us make man in our image as you keep the Sabbath holy. Remember, you are

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worshiping a creator whose original desire, and that desire existed day, is to elicit His creation

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continuously, continuously, because you and I can never reach absolute perfection the way God is,

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but we can grow and grow and grow. By listening friend, as you keep the Sabbath holy a day on

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which you and I commemorate creation, and give glory on honor to God. Let us remember,

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by placing our lives in the hand of God, we place our lives in the hand of someone whose desire,

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whose yearning for us is to elevate us, to lift our lives. Middle or bless you as you keep the

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Sabbath holy, and may He place a double blessing on your lovely children. Happy Sabbath.