IMAGO DEI:

BEING CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF GOD

Shekinah Christian Church – Cavite
October 22, 2023

Genesis 1:26-28
New American Standard Bible
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and
the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created mankind in his own image,

in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish
in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Just now the inspired, inerrant, infallible Word of God has just entered into your ears, may it pierce your heart as well.

Please be seated. Let us pray.

I am a graduate of BSECE, but I have units in Master of Science in Information Technology and currently working on my
Thesis in Master of Information Technology and recently published our research on E-Government System. So, I am
more inclined to Information and Communications Technology though I am a graduate on Electronics and
Communication Engineering.

In programming, when you want to use a LETTER as part of the variables you need for your code, it must be define first,
in the DATA TYPES declaration. And it must be define as CHARACTER.

Program Sample (Input, Output);

Uses CRT;
VAR
ANS: CHAR;
Begin
write(“Are you a Christian? Y or N : “);
readln(ANS);
End.

In NUMBER SYSTEM, when you say BINARY, it means you only have 2 CHARACTERS in your system, 0 or 1. In decimal,
only 10 CHARACTERS, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and in Octal only 8, 0 to 7 and in Hexadecimal 16 characters,
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F.

So the question is why CHARACTER is called CHARACTER?

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Why do you called ALPHABET CHARACTER? Why do you call letter A character? It is because A is always A wherever you
are, A ay A kahit ikaw ay nasa Nagtahan o Tagaytay o Bicol o Boracay. Why letter B a character. It is because B is B kahit
3 AM ng umaga, B is B kahit 1 ng Tanghali.

So alphabets are called characters because they do not change.

Why numbers are called CHARACTERS? Why number 1 called character? Because 1 is always 1 kahit ano ang nationality
mo. 1 is 1 kahit ikaw ay Pinoy o Hapon o Intsik o Iranian. 2 is always 2 kahit anong ngitngit ang gawin mo. 3 is 3 kahit
ikaw ay masaya o kahit malungkot ka, ang 3 ay 3 pa rin.

So numbers are characters because they do not change.

Why statues are called characters, like the statue of David, kahit anong mangyari sa kanyang paligid, statue pa rin siya ni
David. Hindi iyon magbabago.

Why PRINCIPLES are called character? Because PRINCIPLES are LAWS, they never change.

According to philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson,” The man who grasps principles can successfully handle his own
methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”

So PRINCIPLES ARE CHARACTERS. Halimbawa, Principle of Gravity. Kahit ikaw ang pinaka magaling sa lahat o kahit pinaka
Espiritwal sa lahat, pag tumalon ka sa mataas na building alam ko ang resulta.

Principle is character, it will never change.

You want to become a successful communicator or teacher? Teach only principle.

YOU CAN NEVER DISAGREE WITH PRINCIPLE. Pwede mo itong hindi pansinin, pwede kang magalit sa PRINCIPLE but
never, never you can disagree with principle.

Sabi ko nga kahit anong galing mo, pag tumalon ka sa building patay ka. Why? That’s because you are violating a
principle. Principle of Gravity.

AND CHARACTER IS LIKE THAT.

That is why a person with Character does not live on what’s popular. They live on what’s principle. Kaya tignan ninyo ang
mga politician, hirap silang magkaroon ng CHARACTER, dahil ang politics sa atin ay naka base sa POPULARITY. They
sacrifice their principles to protect their popularity, WHICH CANCEL THEIR CHARACTER, WHICH MEAN THEY CANNOT BE
TRUSTED.

That’s why, I do hope that there’s no preacher that would act like a politician, na kayag ibente ang kanilang prinsipyo
para sa isang tasang lugaw. NO CHARACTER.

CHARACTER THEREFORE IS THAT WHICH IS UNCHANGING. HINDI MAGBABAGO.

So the question right now is, HOW OFTEN DO YOU CHANGE? WHO ARE YOU? ARE YOU THE SAME PERSON ALL THE
TIME? ARE YOU CONSISTENT? ARE YOU PREDICTABLE?

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LEADERS MUST HAVE CHARACTER. WHY?
In his book 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell say that you cannot expect to be followed if people do not
trust you. Meaning people follow only leaders who they trust. CHARACTER ATTRACTS LOYALTY.

THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST IS CHARACTER.

I want to share with you some description of CHARACTERS so we could fully understand the importance of CHARACTER
and why it is necessary for a CHRISTIAN to have it, especially for leaders.

1. CHARACTER is a commitment to a set of VALUES without compromise.

Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng VALUE? VALUE = HALAGA………, bibitawan mo ang isang bagay para sa isang bagay na
binibigyan mo ng mas mataas na halaga.

Halimbawa, Kung ang Cellphone ninyo ay kukunin ko, kapalit ng Php100.00 ok lang ba? Gawin kong Php500.00?
Gawin kong Php1,000.00?

Gawin kong Php20,000.00? Bakit pumayag na kayo? At bakit din naman ako papayag? Pumapayag kayo, dahil
kayo ay naniniwala na mas malaki ang halaga ng Php20,000.00 kaysa sa Cellphone ninyo. Ganon ang ibig sabihn ng
VALUE, tulad ng pagbili ng bigas tuwing kakain kayo, mas mahalaga ang isang kilong bigas kaysa sa Php40.00 or
Php50.00 na perang hawak ninyo , kaya nga ipanagpapalit ninyo ang pera sa bigas…TRADING, BILIHAN. VALUE, HALAGA.

Another example, Sunday Service. Hindi ka aattend, why? May gagawin ka pa kasi? The question is? Ano ang
mas mahalaga, ang Sunday Service or yung gagawin mo? Understandable na absent ka sa Sunday Service dahil mas
mahalag ang gagawin mo but ano pa ba ang mas mahalaga sa pakikipag niig sa Panginoon? Hello?!!!

Sorry to offend but I keep on saying when you preach and you did not offend, then you are not preaching.
Preaching must offend, and including your preacher tinatamaan din.

Kayo mga girls, how do you value yourself? Laglag na ba ang OO ninyo pag binigyan kayo ng bulaklak at
chocolate? Kung ganon iyon lang ba ang halaga ninyo sa inyong sarili…BULAKLAK at TSOKOLATE? ISUSUKO NA NINYO
ANG BATAAN DAHIL LANG SA PAG PAPA-CUTE NI POGI? ANG BABAW NAMAN NG VALUE NA IBINIBIGAY NINYO SA
SARILI NINYO GIRLS. YOU’RE VALUE ARE WORTH FAR, FAR MORE THAN FLOWERS AND CHOCOLATES……..FAR MORE
THAN SA PAGPAPA BEAUTIFUL EYES NI KAMOTE…………………REMEMBER YOU ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULY
MADE……………. JESUS DIED FOR YOU…..BIGYAN NINYO NG MATAAS NA VALUE ANG SARILI NINYO.!!!!!!

Kayo naman mga boys, how do you value ang mga girls. Bakit kayo magpapalipat-lipat ng relationship? Isang
VALUE hahatiin ninyo sa marami. Hindi pwede iyon!!! At kung sasabihin ninyo na PALAY na ang lumalapit sa MANOK
hindi pa ba tutukain iyon? MANOK ka ba?

If you are planning to react…..….LOOK WHO’s TALKING……yun na nga…..nagkamali na ang iba huwag na ninyo
gayahin. Let’s cut the curse…let’s end the grasp of the enemy…and for those who fell, there’s always the grace of God
and allow His Spirit to move and redeem you.

So CHARACTER

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 So, sa mga married couples diyan. If you value your marriage vow, you would never commit adultery. At kung
ikaw ay makikipag relasyon sa iba na hindi mo asawa, hindi mo binigyan halaga ang iyong marriage o ang iyong marriage
vow. Then you don’t deserve any respect. You lose the respect of your spouse and even of your children. Even from your
in-laws, even sa church kung saan ka nakasama. YOUR VALUES WOULD PROTECT YOU.

2. CHARACTER is dedication to set of STANDARDS without wavering.

What are your standards that you set in your life? Ang standards na inilalagay mo sa iyog sarili ang mag-pro-
produce ng CHARACTER sa iyo. Halimbawa, ang standard mo sa siyong sarili ay HINDI KA MANDARAYA…….HINDI KA
MAGSISINUNGALING…….HINDI KA GAGAWA NG KWENTO LABAN SA IBANG TAO………….HINDI KA MANINIRA NG
KAPWA………And remember WALANG EXCUSE NA PWEDENG IBIGAY PARA SA PAGSIRA SA IYONG STANDARD…O
PAMANTAYAN SA BUHAY?

So yung may pamantayan ka sa buhay, iyon ang barometer mo sa decision making. Huwag kang papayag na
bumaba iyon.

Huwag mong itutulad iyon sa standard ng babae sa pagpili ng lalaki.

Noong teen-ager pa siya….TALL, HANDSOME and RICH
Noong 20’s na siya….TALL, and HANDSOME, para ang mga anak ay matatangkad at gwapo
Noong 30’s na siya…. TALL para kahit papaano matatangkad ang magiging anak.
Noong 40’s na siya….kahit sino na lang

In real life, never abandoned your standards. NEVER COMPROMISE.

3. CHARACTER is self-imposed discipline in keeping with MORAL conviction.

Ang taong may CHARACTER ay nagbabantay ng kaniyang sarili. He locks himself up in the prison of his own
conviction. Tapos yung susi itatapon na niya.

Are you a person of CHARACTER? ARE YOU FOR SALE?

Your future depends on your character……and not in your charisma.

Don’t be a fool to protect nor live up of your charisma, not even in your talents nor gifts. Remember, your
talents will not protect you. The truth is, the only thing that could protect your gifts and talents is your CHARACTER.

4. CHARACTER is the willingness to SACRIFICE your PLEASURE for the sake of principles.

You will protect your principle kahit bitawan mo yung mga bagay na gusting-gusto mo. You are willing to
sacrifice your friend to protect your principle. You are willing to lose your bestfriend to keep your principle.

DO YOU HAVE CHARACTER? Sino ang kasa-kasama mo ngayon na dapat hindi mo sinasamahan? Ano ang mga
ginagawa mo ng patago, dahil ayaw mong makita ng ibang tao yung ginagawa mo na iyon? Now, are you willing to
sacrifice that to protect your principle?

THERE SHOULD BE NO SUCH THING AS PERSONAL LIFE. NO SUCH THING AS PRIVATE LIFE.

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 So, hindi mo pwedeng sabihin na, “Personal life ko na iyan, hindi mo pwedeng alamin. What I do in my private
life is NON-OF-YOUR-BUSINESS!” NO!!! IT IS OUR BUSINESS. Because what you do in your private life, will determine if we
could trust what you say in PUBLIC. IT IS CALLED CHARACTER.

IF YOU ARE A MAN OF CHARACTER, YOUR PRIVATE LIFE AND YOUR PUBLIC LIFE IS THE SAME.

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. YOU MUST LIVE LOUDLY…….

A PERSON WITH CHARACTER DOESN’T CARE IF PEOPLE DISCOVERED HIS PRIVATE LIFE.
If you’re doing something and afraid that people might see it……………you have no character.

Kung mayron kang sinasasabi pag wala yung ibang tao………………you have no character.

Wala ka dapat ikatakot sa mga ginagawa mo, may ibang tao man o wala, may espiya man sa paligid mo o
wala. Kung may ginagawa ka at natatakot kang may makakita sa mga ginagawa mo……………..nasaan ang Character
mo.
Ang mga may asawa diyan…..pag pasok kaya ninyo sa office ang asawa pa rin ba ang kinikilala ninyong partner?
Pag na assigned abroad or sa ibang probinsiya, siya pa rin ba ang asawa ninyo?

Kailangan na kailangan mo ng pera at may nag-offer sa iyo, higit pa doon sa kailangan mo, sipingan mo lang siya.
May offer sa iyo na magbenta ng droga, malaki ang kikitain o magbenta na lang ng mga illegal, Malaki talaga ang perang
papasok sa iyo Kaya mo bang tanggihan ang mga iyan, ma-protektahan lang ang iying prinsipyo.

CHARACTER…………

KAYA DAPAT MULA NGAYON WALA KANG GAGAWIN NA IKAKATAKOT MONG MAKITA NG IBA. CHARACTER…………

5. CHARACTER is a constant effort to INTEGRATE your words, your actions and your deeds.

GOD IS CHARACTER because GOD IS ONE, He is integrated….. He is pure. There is NO DICHOTOMY in GOD. So in
our text, when the BIBLE tells us that we are created in HIS IMAGE, it means we should also be integrated, with our
words, with our deeds, with our action. So we must be one with ourselves. We have no character, when we say one
thing and do another.

Alam ba ninyo kung bakit gusto ng tao ang mga super heroes? Dahil ang mga super heroes may dalawang
personalities. Si SUPERMAN, may Clark Kent…..ang BATMAN, may BRUCE WAYNE.

How you would describe yourself when you shout Halleluyah, when you profess that you are a Christian then act
as if you don’t have God?

Kaya I gave an emphasis on the word BELIEVE. The word believe is very deep. In the Apostle’s Creed, it starts
with I BELIEVE IN GOD. AND THIS IS VERY DEEP…………….let’s say for example someone would say he believes that the
EARTH IS FLAT. Pag may nagsabi dito na ang Mundo ay Flat ano ang iisipin ninyo sa kanya? BALIW, MAY-SIRA. Dahil
nakapaloob sa pagsasabi na naniniwala siya na FLAT ang MUNDO, kaakibat doon ang lahat ng paniniwala na kasama
doon sa paniniwalang iyon.

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 Kaya, when you say you believe in GOD, it means kaakibat doon ang paniniwala sa lahat ng nakapaloob sa Diyos.
Kasama doon na naniniwaala ka na Siya ay Mabuti, siya ay makatarungan, na ikaw ay makasalanan, na karapat-dapat
kang tumanggap ng kaparusahan, na namatay si Kristo para sa iyo, na SIya ay nabuhay muli. Kaya ikaw rin ay naniniwala
na mabubuhay ka muli.

So, pag sinabi mong I BELIEVE IN GOD, dapat makita sa buhay mo na ikaw nga ay niniwala, nagsasalita at
kumikilos na may Diyos sa buhay mo.

Integrate means to be one. Hindi pwedeng may sinabi ka, tapos iba ang gagawin mo, tapos iba rin ang
ipapangako mo.

A person with character ay iisa ang sinasabi at ginagawa. MAY INTEGRITY. INTEGRITY MEANS ONE. SO
CHARACTER IS INTEGRITY.

The word HOLY means being separated….but yung root word ng HOLY sa Hebrew ang ibig sabihin ay ONE. So the
concept of Holiness is about integrity, being ONE……….kaya the number one confession in the Bible about God is
Deuteronomy 6:4 “ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”

So, bigyan natin ngayon na mas malalim na pagtingin ito. HOLINESS IS BEING ONE….CHARACTER IS BEING
ONE…..INTEGRITY MEANS ONE……so nakikita natin ngayon yung connection at importance ng CHARACTER.

So we can say that holiness means being integrated….being one person…..So when the Bible say BE HOLY…it
means BE ONE…………….hindi iyong IBA KA TUWING MONDAY, THEN TUESDAY IBANG TAO KA NA NAMAN…AT PAG
WEDNESDAY IBANG TAO ULIT……PABAGO-BAGO. NAG-IIBA KA PAG SAPIT NG DILIM…….LALAKI KA TUWING
UMAGA…..AT BABAE KA PAG DATING NG GABI…..HINDI PWEDENG GANON….WALA KANG CHARACTER PAG GANOON.
And I can say YOU CANNOT CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN IF YOU ARE LIVING LIKE THAT.

2 Cotinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone,
the new is here!

AMEN…Wala sa Shekinah niyan….AMEN……somebody shout HALLELUYAH

The foundation of trust is Integrity. If you have integrity people will follow you. Because it means
you are a man of your words. You do what you said and you act on what you said.

Kahit nakasuot pa iyan ng ABITO or may title na FATHER, REVEREND, BISHOP or ARCHBISHOP, or kahit
na anong TITLE, hindi ibig sabihin holy na iyan….ang dapat natin tignan, kung ilang tao ang nasa loob ng abito
o damit na iyan.

Don’t run after CHARISMA, SEEK CHARACTER.

Now…….I’ve just finished giving the INTRODUCTION……………..

Let’s read again our text…Genesis 1:26

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 “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in
the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

IMAGO DEI – Image of God

This is very deep and ang sarap pag-aralan. And actually, when I was preparing this nag sasanga-sanga na yung
mga insights….then ang dami ng pwedeng pag-aralan pa….but let’s focus doon sa CHARACTER.

IMAGO DEI – Image of God………………..IMAGE here refers to CHARACTER……..

And our description of CHARACTER always point to GOD as reference. Why? Because GOD IS CHARACTER
HIMSELF. Sabi nga natin kanina, ang number one confession is The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

So IMAGO DEI means CHARACTER of GOD in us……………..why? the words LET US MAKE (the TRIUNE GOD here,
FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT) implies a PURPOSE, LET US MAKE, may gagawin at natural mayroon kang dahilan kung
bakit mo ito gagawin……..…………

The TRIUNE GOD, the TRINITY here is having a conversation and saying, “LET US MAKE….” They were having a
plan…….very intelligent plan……..and for anything a person do…..laging andoon yung tanong na WHY……..and always
answered by…….a PURPOSE. So sa opening pa lang ng Bible, nagpapakita na na ang Diyos natin ay gumagalaw ng may
PURPOSE. “Let us make man in our image….”

Segway lang ng konti…dito nagkaron ng malaking CRISIS ang buong mundo, CRISIS IN HUMAN THOUGHTS, na
hanggang ngayon ay dala-dala natin. CRISIS patungkol sa PURPOSE ng BUHAY. Sa school, ang pina-aaralan sa SCIENCE
……..ay BIG BANG THEORY at EVOLUTION……na ang lahat ng bagay sa paligid, kasama na ang tao ay isang malaking
aksidente lamang, nagkataon lang, isang tsamba lang…walang plano, walang patutunguhan. Kung ganon, wala tayong
PURPOSE, walang dahilan kung bakit ka naririto sa mundo. Ang katuruan na ito ang tinatanggap ng mga Schools at iyon
ang pinag-aaralan ng mg students. IKAW AY ISANG TSAMBA. Kaya ang CRISIS sa MUNDO ay naka-ugnay sa CREATION ng
DIYOS. Ang pinag-aaralan sa mga schools ay contradicting sa BIBLE. Kaya ang mga tao ay confuse o hindi iniitindi ang
KATURUAN na ito. Hindi mo maaring tanggapin ang BIBLE habang tinatanggap mo ang katuruan sa school patungkol sa
EVOLUTION at BIG BANG THEORY.

Kaya si Albert Camus ay gumawa ng isang philosophy, ang ABSURDITY, na nagsasabi na walang saysay ang buhay
at ito raw ang katotohanan na dapat nating tanggapin.

Kaya kung yayakapin natin ang mga tinuturo sa mga schools tungkol sa ideya na ang lahat ang aksidente lamang,
tintanggal natin sa ating buhay ang ideya tungkol sa Diyos,….tungkol sa Kaniyang pagkakalikha sa atin at binibitawan na
rin natin ang ating PURSPOSE sa buhay.

Ako bilang Christian ay hindi naniniwala dito, I believe in CREATION, at ako ay hindi isang tsamba. Sa unang
sentence pa lang ng BIBLE, GENESIS 1:1, nakasaad na agad ang fundamental ng sansinukob, TIME, SPACE and
MATTER……………….lahat ng computation ay nakabase dito…..kung ikaw ay ENGINEERING STUDENTS o PRACTITIONER
alam mo ito…………………let us read GENESIS 1:1…S

In the beginning(TIME) God created the heavens(SPACE) and the earth(MATTER).

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 So dito sa unang sentence ng Bible ay implied na agad na lahat ng nasa iyong paligid, ang lahat-lahat ay hindi
isang aksidente. Nakasaad dito na ang buong sansinukob ay may design at nilikha ng isang SUPERNATURAL and VERY
INTELIIGENT BEING……who always have a PURPOSE in everything He does.

Ang lahat ay niliha ng Diyos, ang langit ay nilikha ng Diyos, ang lupa ay nilikha ng Diyos, ang mga halaman, ang
mga hayop……………………..at tayo ay nilikha rin ng Diyos, at NILIKHA NIYA TAYO SA KANIYANG WANGIS.

I AM A CHRISTIAN, CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. AMEN.

So if you continue reading, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the
fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move
along the ground.”

We see the words SO THAT……and these words always answer the question WHY? WHY DO WE NEED THE
CHARACTER OF GOD? WHY WE WERE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD?

Napakahalaga nito dahil dito nakapaloob lahat ng patungkol sa buhay…….PURPOSE of LIFE…..Dito nagkakaroon
ng sense ang buhay natin. Dahil kung walang purpose ang buhay, walang saysay ang lahat ng ginagawa natin, dapat na
lang tayong magpakamatay.

Imagine mo na lang na walang dahilan kung bakit ka nasa mundo. Para saan pa lahat ng mga ginagawa natin
kung wala naman palang dahilan ang lahat.

So the IMAGE of GOD – IMAGO DEI – the CHARACTER of GOD na inilagay sa atin ay nakatuon sa PURPOSE ng
BUHAY NATIN…

So may kaugnayan ang PURPOSE NATIN sa EXISTENCE NG DIYOS.

Dahil may DIYOS, may PURPOSE ang buhay natin. Kung walang DIYOS, walang PURPOSE ang buhay natin.

Ang kahalagahan natin ay nakatali sa katotohanan na may Diyos na buhay.

TANDAAN MO, IKAW AY MAHALAGA, MAY PURPOSE ANG DIYOS SA IYO.

There is PURPOSE because there is GOD. There is GOD, therefore there is PURPOSE.

Let us continue reading “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea
and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the
ground.”

RULE OVER sa ibang translation DOMINION…….this is the first command or mandate of GOD sa tao……binigyan
tayo ng KAPANGYARIHAN ng DIYOS……binigyan tayo ng POWER and AUTHORITY….

But bigyan natin ng pansin…..NAUNANG BINIGAY NG DIYOS ANG KANYANG IMAGE O CHARACTER BAGO ANG
KAPANGYARIHAN……

CHARACTER BEFORE DOMINION….can you say that again…….. CHARACTER BEFORE DOMINION

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 SO it is very clear to us that GOD first gave HIS Character to us, and only after that, that HE gave us the POWER
to rule over the earth. WHY?

Because HE knew that without HIS CHARACTER in us, power and authority will destroy us.

Kaakibat lagi ng AUTHORITY ang RESPONSIBILITY. HINDI MAARI NA MAY AUTHORITY KA BUT WALA KANG
RESPONSIBILITY. Kahit nga si UNCLE BEN ni SPIDERMAN alam iyon…sabi niya, “GREATE POWER COMES WITH GREAT
RESPONSIBILITY.”
AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

So GOD gave us HIS CHARCTER in us SO THAT we may have DOMINION over the EARTH. Binigay ng Diyos ang
kanyang wangis sa atin upang mapangalagaan natin ng TAMA ang mundo.

Ngunit ano ang nangyari…..man fell…..and the image was corrupted.

Genesis 3:5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil.”

The serpent said, “you will be like God.”

But in Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness……”

So, Eve forget that she is already LIKE GOD ……….IGNORANCE and GREED is really dangerous. She wants more
power, while neglecting the CHARACTER of GOD.

Let me leave with you something before I end,

THREE Things that will manifest your CHARACTER – POWER, MONEY and ACCESS TO SEX.

Gusto mong makita ang CHARACTER ng isang TAO, bigyan mo siya ng kahit isa sa mga iyan….

POWER, karamihan sa mga tao pagnagkakaroon ng kapangyarihan, lumalabas ang tunay na pagkatao.

SALAPI, noong walang pera, marunong makisama, but noong nagkaroon na ng pera, hindi na marunong
mamansin, nagging matapobre na. Lumabas ang tunay na kulay pag ang isang tao ay nagkakaroon ng maraming pera.

ACCESS TO SEX, this is very strong drive. Kaya mas maganda wala munang access ditto hanggat hindi kasal.
Remember, hindi mo pwedeng hahaphanapin ang hindi mo pa nasususbukan o natititkman. Paano mo hahanaphanapin
ang lasa ng Vietnamese Pho Soup (P250 000 per bowl) kung hindi mo pa natitikman.

So, ito bang tatlo na ito ang nagging dahilan kung bakit nagging corrupt ang tao? Did POWER, MONEY or ACCESS
to SEX corrupted people? NO!!!! Definitely not, it simply reveals your CORRUPTION.

YOU ARE ALREADY DEFECTIVE – YOU JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW IT.

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 WE ARE ALREADY CORRUPTED AND THE IMAGE THAT ONCE WE HAD WAS DESTROYED. The CHARACTER that we
supposedly carries are gone.

But we are blessed to have Jesus, who sacrificed Himself for us, so that the image that once was lost was gained.
Upang maibalik sa dating setup ang Kaniyang nilikha.

We always miss the point in the story of creation.

Everything was created in seven days. And something different and unique happens in each day. For the jew, the
consummit day is never the sixth day but always the seventh day. So the ultimate day is the seventh day but pre-
ultimate day is the sixth day…..on what day are we created, NOT on the seventh day but on the sixth day……...because
the seventh day is HOLY, it’s made sacred.

I think in that very act, in that very work of the creation….God is saying something to the creatures He created
on the sixth day…….He is telling us something about our PURPOSE………

HE IS TELLING US THAT WE ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, WE WHO CARRIES HIS CHARACTER,

YOU AS A PERSON HAD BEEN MADE IN HIS IMAGE FOR THAT WHICH IS SACRED.

YOU AS A PERSON HAD BEEN MADE IN TO CARRY HIS CHARACTER FOR THAT WHICH IS HOLY.

YOU HAD BEEN GIVEN DOMINION TO REFLECT HIS GLORY.

When GOD created MAN in HIS own image, HE created them MALE and FEMALE, so that even within the human
sphere of creation, God creates a setting for a relationship that is magnificent. And He empowers and endows us with a
unique capacity to mirror and to reflect the CHARACTER and the very GLORY OF GOD.

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