Ephesians 4:24 … Clothed in the New Self (12/01/16)
“Clothe yourselves with the New Self;
created according to the likeness of God.”
~ unknown (Ephesians 4:24)
Note here that it is not humankind that has been physically created in the image of the Divine (as though any over-arching godhead would ever have a human-like form), but rather that it is the internal, conscient, moral, spiritually awakened True Self that mirrors the same (at least in all the moments our bodies choose to enliven that same Selfless Essence).
And, as an intriguing (and possibly important) aside, it was not GOD (the Hebrew “YHWH” &/or “Adonai” – read as “LORD” in English translations of the Old Testament) who made man in His image, but rather a group of many “godS” (the Hebrew plural “Elohim” – read incorrectly as the singular “God” in English translations of Genesis) who made humankind in “our image” … This means that it was actually the Elohim – essentially the fallen angels; incomplete and less than fully moral spiritual beings – who created humanity as “man and woman” (see Genesis 1:26-27); as beings who were incomplete and flawed and fearful and desirous.
And this is why it is so difficult (and so powerful – an thus so important) for us to set those originally sinful inclinations aside in favor of “clothing ourselves with the New Self” – the Soul Self – the True Self – the Self that wishes to Love instead if to be loved; to Give instead of be given to; to Serve instead of being served.
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