The Image of Jesus

People spend vast amounts of money to follow after their idols, to portray a certain image. They buy certain motorcars, motorbikes, they wear certain brand clothes, they have their bodies pierced and tattooed to look like certain people that they follow so that they can portray a certain image.

If we follow Jesus Christ we will be changed into His likeness. We will portray the image of Christ. The image of Jesus Christ that we will portray will be the TRUE IMAGE. Not the one of the Catholic church or of Hollywood or of many pictures that you see, the Jesus that is preached in many churches, it will be the TRUE JESUS, because if we walk with Jesus we will become LIKE HIM. We will take on His likeness. Jesus Christ was rejected by men, He was persecuted, He was crucified, He was stripped naked and hung on a pole. Jesus Christ became of NO REPUTATION at all. That is the image that you will take on if you follow Jesus Christ. You will be hated, rejected, persecuted, and you might get killed if you follow Jesus Christ and become like Him.

That is why the world hates the true image of Jesus Christ. That is why they put on a false image for Jesus and that is why they follow a false Jesus not the true Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Are you going after Jesus Christ, becoming like Him? Are you changed into His likeness? Or are you following after idols? Are you trying to be like other people, wearing certain brand clothes, spending your money on images that you follow instead of following Jesus Christ? Are you taking on the image of the REAL Jesus Christ?

May Jesus bless you.

The Image of Jesus

People spend vast amounts of money to follow after their idols, to portray a certain image. They buy certain motorcars, motorbikes, they wear certain brand clothes, they have their bodies pierced and tattooed to look like certain people that they follow so that they can portray a certain image.

If we follow Jesus Christ we will be changed into His likeness. We will portray the image of Christ. The image of Jesus Christ that we will portray will be the TRUE IMAGE. Not the one of the Catholic church or of Hollywood or of many pictures that you see, the Jesus that is preached in many churches, it will be the TRUE JESUS, because if we walk with Jesus we will become LIKE HIM. We will take on His likeness. Jesus Christ was rejected by men, He was persecuted, He was crucified, He was stripped naked and hung on a pole. Jesus Christ became of NO REPUTATION at all. That is the image that you will take on if you follow Jesus Christ. You will be hated, rejected, persecuted, and you might get killed if you follow Jesus Christ and become like Him.

That is why the world hates the true image of Jesus Christ. That is why they put on a false image for Jesus and that is why they follow a false Jesus not the true Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Are you going after Jesus Christ, becoming like Him? Are you changed into His likeness? Or are you following after idols? Are you trying to be like other people, wearing certain brand clothes, spending your money on images that you follow instead of following Jesus Christ? Are you taking on the image of the REAL Jesus Christ?

May Jesus bless you.

The world thinks it can put God in a box, especially the religious people, because they have Bibles and they study their Bibles and therefor they think that they can EXPLAIN God, DEFINE God, MANIPULATE God, ARGUE ABOUT God with scripture because they know the Bible. But they have no knowledge of God because GOD DOES NOT FIT INTO A BOX, He does not fit into our understanding.

Jesus Christ is God Almighty and He reveals Himself to those who HUMBLY seek Him on HIS TERMS. He does nor fit into anybody's definition or understanding but He GIVES UNDERSTANDING to those who HUMBLY BOW BEFORE HIM. He reveals Himself to those who REPENT OF SIN and OBEY Him, who SEEK HIM and who are guided by His Spirit. Those who think that they can put God in a box, especially the religious folk, the Bible believers, they KNOW NOTHING because THEY DON'T KNOW GOD! They don't know Jesus Christ and they deny His POWER, they REFUSE HIS HOLY SPIRIT and that is why they will PERISH IN THEIR SINS.

You need to HUMBLY come before Jesus Christ, SEEK HIM ALWAYS with all your heart, OBEY Him. He will reveal Himself to you and you will be CONSTANTLY IN AWE OF HIM. You will love Him, you will FEAR Him and you will SERVE Him, you will KNOW Him because He will reveal Himself to you. You will be able to take others to Him because YOU KNOW HIM.

Do you KNOW Jesus Christ, or have you put Him in a box? Do you have a PICTURE an IMAGE of Jesus in your mind? An image that you can manipulate and use to your advantage? Or have you met the TRUE LIVING GOD, Jesus Christ?

May Jesus bless you.

Most Christians worship an IMAGE of JESUS

I created this image of the South African Kingfisher with paint on a canvas. It is a beautiful South African bird but that is not a real Kingfisher, that is an image of the Kingfisher which I constructed from memory, looking at it and also from photographs.

In similar fashion people have met Jesus and they have written their experiences in the scriptures. They saw Him for real. The gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were written by people who had seen Jesus, walked with Him, heard Him, others wrote down the accounts of other people who knew Jesus (Luke). What is written is AN IMAGE of Jesus Christ and from what people read in the Bible they create an image of Christ but it is not Jesus Christ. You can only KNOW Jesus Christ if you see Him FACE TO FACE, if you know Him person to person.

Most believers worship AN IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST. They like to look at the IMAGE. This picture is not a Kingfisher, it is an IMAGE of a Kingfisher. It might be close, it might be good to look at but it is not a Kingfisher. It just gives you an idea of what it looks like but you need to SEE IT yourself, you need to hear it sing.

Many people just worship an image of Jesus Christ. They are happy with the image but they don't know Him, they don't follow Him and they will stand before Him and He will say to them:”I don't know you.” They worship an IMAGE. Jesus Christ is ALIVE and He reveals Himself to those who seek Him – if you seek Him, you find Him! If you want to see a real Kingfisher, come to South Africa and see it for yourself. If you want to know Jesus Christ for real, GO ON YOUR KNEES AND SEEK HIM WITH ALL YOUR POWER and you will find Him, and you will KNOW HIM FOR REAL. And only then you can follow Him.

Are you worshiping, following an IMAGE of Jesus Christ as you have read it in the Bible or from the account of other people who truly know Jesus or do you know Him for yourself? Do you follow the IMAGE or do you follow Jesus HIMSELF?

May Jesus bless you.

Do Not Worship The Image

Most believers only worship an image of Jesus Christ, an image that they have created in their minds, an image with limitations and certain qualities that they attribute to Him, an image that is limited by their perception of the Bible. They do not know Jesus.

They have never met Him because then they would know that He is greater than any definition, than any image, than anything that you can think. Jesus Christ IS God Almighty. If you meet Him then you will realize how SMALL YOU ARE, HOW LITTLE YOU KNOW, how insignificant you truly are and how enormously great and magnificent, INDESCRIBABLE Jesus Christ is. You will fall down and worship Him and you will ask HIM to teach you, to reveal Himself to you and you will be constantly in AWE of Jesus Christ your Master.

Have you met Jesus Christ THE MASTER? Or do you worship an image?

May Jesus bless you.

To be like him

People go to great lengths and huge expense to be like the the person that they are following, that person that they idolize. Young people want to be like Justin Bieber. They go into a frenzy when they go to His concerts and they pay huge amounts of money to wear Justin Bieber brand clothes. It is because they idolize Him, they want to be like him and they follow him.
If we follow Jesus Christ we will do everything in our power to be like Him. Jesus Christ came to do the will of the Father. Jesus Christ was the expression, the image, of God the Father. That is the IMAGE THAT WE MUST ASPIRE TO to be pleasing to God. If we truly love Jesus and God is our father then we will want to be like Jesus, speak like Him, do like Him, always ask the will of the Father so that we can be pleasing to our Father God.
Who is our idol? Who are we aspiring to be like? Some worldly person, who will also perish like we will, or are we sons of the Father? Do we want to be like Jesus, follow Him and have eternal life? Who is our idol? Who is our role model? Who are we following? Because we will end up with that person in the end.
If we follow Jesus, we will spend eternity with Him. If we follow others we will perish with them. Jesus Christ ALONE is the WAY to eternal life. Who are YOU following? Jesus, or someone else?

May Jesus bless you.

Who is your father?

Like father, like son. A child follows in the footsteps of his father. He imitates his father in everything. Jesus Christ is the image of God the Father and He came to show us how God is. Jesus came to show us how we should be.
Jesus said:”Be ye perfect like your Father in heaven in perfect.” and He showed us HOW to be perfect, If we follow Jesus Christ and we are children of God, then we will be like Jesus! We will want to be like our Father, PERFECT!
Are we following the example of Jesus Christ? Are we LIKE OUR FATHER? WHO is our father? From our behavior people can see who our father is. Who is YOUR father and mine? Who are we like?
Do we have the likeness of Jesus and of God, or are we like satan? Who is our father, God or the devil?
Who is YOUR father and who is mine?

May Jesus bless you.

They worship the IMAGE

Church organizations create an image of Jesus Christ and that image complies to their doctrine, their teachings. The members of the congregation worship the IMAGE and if somebody starts following Jesus Christ and not the IMAGE then that person is rejected and persecuted. They call that person a heretic.
If you follow Jesus Christ, you will not fit into church organizations and you will not worship the IMAGE of Jesus Christ that they portray. But you will deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow Jesus Christ every day. You will not worship the IMAGE but you will LISTEN to the MASTER. You will be LED by the HOLY SPIRIT and you will DO what Jesus commands you to do, but you will not worship the IMAGE.
Do you KNOW JESUS CHRIST and do you FOLLOW HIM? Or do you also worship an IMAGE of JESUS CHRIST, an image that complies to the church of your CHOICE because that IMAGE is not the truth it is a LIE. You need to follow Jesus Christ and obey HIM to have eternal life.

May Jesus bless you.