Image Bearer!

Last time , I wrote about discovering that there were books of Enoch. Well, I read 2 Enoch. It is called, "Enoch and Salvation. It was an on line lecture given by G. Macaskill on Feb. 23, 2007, at The University of St. Andrews, in Scotland.When I got down to the section entitled," Righteousness and Creation I was blown away. I guess I cried for at least 30 minutes. The Holy Spirit moved in such a way in my heart, I can only pray it will move you as well.

I have copied and pasted it for you to read. Here it is.

This fact is developed in specific ways in some of the ethical exhortations. The salient point that we should notice is that certain requirements of behaviour are often founded upon the fact that the Lord is the Creator and that man is his image-bearer. There is, therefore, a sense that Enoch's paraenetic material is actually calling readers back to the ethics of the Creation itself, the ethical dimension of the created order. A subtle example is found in 44:1-4. Here, the status of human beings as image bearers of God forms a basis for both the prohibition of showing contempt to another human and the positive exhortation to show compassion to the 'condemned' and the needy. To insult or profane the image of the Lord is to insult or profane the Lord's own face. The logic is grounded in Creation; the ethic, therefore, is a reclaiming of a standard inherent to the Creation but rejected by sinners. The command finds a kind of echo in chapter 63, which takes up the alms idea but stresses the necessity of making such gifts gladly: if the heart is grumbling or contemptuous then the offering is meaningless. This would seem to stress the need for some kind of inner transformation of the attitude rather than just an outward conformity to a law.

A second example is found in chapter 58, but echoes of it are heard in other parts of the book. 58:1-4 speak of the naming of the animals by Adam and of the placing of those animals under humanity's rule. Verses 5-6 then speak of the accusations that the animals will bring against humanity for any mistreatment. This then forms the basis for the discussion in chapter 59 of the correct practice to be followed in making an animal sacrifice or in slaughtering an animal for meat, a practice also referred to in 69:12; given the fact that the discussion in chapter 59 follows on from 58:5-6, it seems that the practice of tying the four legs reflects a desire to minimise the suffering of sacrificed animals. Again, therefore, an aspect of the Creation account has become a basis for a particular ethical standard to be operative among those who have been saved by Enoch's revelation.

I have been saying this for years! We need to die to ourselves and bear HIS IMAGE! We are not to bear our image! This is so serious that it trumps just about everything. We must come to HIM to be saved FIRST, then the other needful things the Holy Spirit WILL put His finger on and tell us, walk this way not that.

I can tell you from experience it hurts to die to your self! But you must do it no matter the pain!!!! Then you MUST maintain the fellowship with The Holy Spirit! How does one do that, Study The scriptures for in Them is LIFE! Then you must pray and have connection with HIM! There just is no other way. First you go through the door of salvation and be born again, then The Holy Spirit guides you . You must obey his promptings as you read through The Scriptures and pray as you go. You will soon discover, exchanging your filthy rags for the garments of praise ,will lead you to His Throne.