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Whose Image?
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David Jeremiah
Whose image and inscription is this?
Matthew 22:20
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Recommended Reading
2 Corinthians 3:12-18
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More than 40 percent of Americans between 26 and 40 have a tattoo, and that's spawned a new and thriving business -- tattoo removal. Many people come to regret their tattoos, and the laser removal business is booming.
But some things cannot be reversed. One day, the dreaded "mark of the beast" will be stamped on the foreheads or hands of those worshipping the Antichrist, and no laser will be able to remove it. How much better to have the image of Christ stamped on our hearts.
We're to be conformed to the image of God's Son (Romans 8:29). We're to bear the image of the heavenly Man (1 Corinthians 15:49). As we behold the glory of the Lord, we're transformed into His image from glory to glory by the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18).
Jesus once taught a lesson by observing the image on a coin (Matthew 22:20). In the same way, our worth is determined by whose image is stamped on our lives. The hymn "O to Be Like Thee" has a prayer for us: "Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness; Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart."
Adam's likeness now efface; stamp Thine image in its place.
Charles Wesley
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Read-thru-the-Bible
2 Kings 18:1 -- 20:21
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David Jeremiah
Whose image and inscription is this?
Matthew 22:20
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Recommended Reading
2 Corinthians 3:12-18
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More than 40 percent of Americans between 26 and 40 have a tattoo, and that's spawned a new and thriving business -- tattoo removal. Many people come to regret their tattoos, and the laser removal business is booming.
But some things cannot be reversed. One day, the dreaded "mark of the beast" will be stamped on the foreheads or hands of those worshipping the Antichrist, and no laser will be able to remove it. How much better to have the image of Christ stamped on our hearts.
We're to be conformed to the image of God's Son (Romans 8:29). We're to bear the image of the heavenly Man (1 Corinthians 15:49). As we behold the glory of the Lord, we're transformed into His image from glory to glory by the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18).
Jesus once taught a lesson by observing the image on a coin (Matthew 22:20). In the same way, our worth is determined by whose image is stamped on our lives. The hymn "O to Be Like Thee" has a prayer for us: "Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness; Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart."
Adam's likeness now efface; stamp Thine image in its place.
Charles Wesley
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Read-thru-the-Bible
2 Kings 18:1 -- 20:21
