The
plan of God is to take corrupt humanity, sinners who cannot glory Him, who don’t
have the capacity, who come short of being able to do that, in whom the divine
image has been marred. His image is
marred to such an extent that apart from regeneration all are useless to Him,
to God for the purpose for which He made man.
So useless that He throws them in the trash heap of the universe, an
everlasting burning pit named after the trash heap in Jerusalem called
Gehenna. They will burn for everlasting
because they are useless. Just how
severe is this marring of the image of God the Creator; severe enough to throw
all of humanity into the burning dump as useless trash. Let the useless trash be everlastingly
consumed.
- Matthew 5:29: "....it is
better for you that one of the parts of your body perish, than for your
whole body to be thrown into, 'Gehenna.'"
- Matthew 5:30: "....better for
you that one of the paTo
create a humanity that is like Christ. rts of your body perish, than for your whole body to
go into, 'Gehenna.'"
- Matthew 10:28: "....rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in, 'Gehenna.'
- Mark 9:47: "It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into, 'Gehenna.'"
- Luke 12:5: "....fear the One who, after He has killed has authority to cast into, 'Gehenna;' yes, I tell you, fear Him."
But we have been redeemed, justified, and the purpose of redemption is to
create a humanity that is like Christ. The Holy Spirit who raises us to glory and in the end makes us like
Jesus Christ. The work of the Spirit is the restoration on the
image of God in man. when you look at Christ do you understand what godliness, holiness,
sanctification is and as you gaze at that perfection in human form that is the
model and standard to which God forms you.
