Page 16 - Laying Down the Law

own holy and righteous character. They will one day share in His glory, the glory that
is now the portion of Christ.

I John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we
will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will
see Him just as He is.

It seems too fantastic to the minds of carnal men to embrace the truth of
Yahweh’s plan for mankind. If Yahweh is the Holy God, then His seed must also be
holy, and His seed must produce gods. Some would cry forth “blasphemy.” The
religious did so when Christ made a similar statement, for Satan has worked tirelessly
to steal from man the understanding of who God created him to be. Consider the
following exchange between Yahshua and the Jewish religious leaders.

John 10:31-36
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Yahshua answered them,
"Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works
do you stone Me?" The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do
not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make
Yourself God." Yahshua answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said,
"You are gods"'? If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and
the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified
and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of
God'?”

One of the great difficulties in perceiving the purpose of Yahweh in creating man
is that “it has not appeared as yet, what we will be.” Yahweh’s plan is one that is
fulfilled over time. He has been carrying forth His master plan for the past 6,000
years since He first formed Adam in the Garden. God is at work in man to conform
us to His own image, that same image observed in His Son. When His work is
complete, there will stand with Christ many sons who are also the exact image and
likeness of the Holy Creator God.
The apostle Paul understood that this work of man coming into the full image
and likeness of Christ, who is the exact representation of Yahweh, is a progressive
work.

Galatians 4:19
My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in
you...

How much of Christ does the Father desire to be formed in mankind? Does He
want us to resemble Christ only a little? Absolutely not!