"The Picture on the Box"

Episode 10 of the True North Church podcast, hosted by True North Church, titled ""The Picture on the Box"" was published on November 12, 2023 and runs 58 minutes.

November 12, 2023 ·58m · True North Church

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Episode Description

Every piece of furniture, lego set, puzzle, seed packet comes unassembled, but the goal or example of completion is printed on the box. Jesus is the picture on the box for every Christ follower.

2 Cor3:18 “We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and we are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.”

Imagine that you are a packet of seeds, Jesus is the picture on the packet. If you were a puzzle, Jesus is the picture on the box!

As new born-again human believers in Jesus there is no veil that covers our face to hinder us from seeing God rightly. (right believing hinges on seeing Jesus rightly)

And Now with unveiled faces we gaze at the glory of The Lord as in a mirror and “metaporhe”(transformation) happens - image & likeness of Jesus awakens WITHIN us!

When we look at “the mirror” the mirror is the word of God. - As we go to the Bible, we see the Lord Jesus revealed in all His splendor.

In other words you become what you behold!

See the Holy Spirit is the one who engineers this radical transformation in your life!

What transformation?

THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS US AWAY FROM AN INFERIOR MINDSET AND REVEALS TO US OUR AUTHENTIC IDENTITY.

What “authentic identity”?
- Ephesians 1:4
  - 4.”And in love he chose us before he laid the foundation of the universe! Because of his great love, he ordained us, so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes with an unstained innocence.”
    - Our true self, most authentic self is the self that God chose before he laid the foundations of the universe AND MOST IMPORTANTLY BEFORE THE FALL of mankind that we read about in Genesis.
    - Our most authentic self is unstained, w/o fault and innocent of sin!
- And that “self” is who the Holy Spirit reveals to you and me. And it’s transformative!

WE START TO LOOK MORE AND MORE LIKE THE PICTURE ON THE BOX AS THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS IN US.

DO YOU SEE IT?

ONE WAY WE ARE TRANSFORMED: He leads us away from what previously defined us: our own achievements and disappointments!

WHY DO WE NEED TO REFLECT THE IMAGE OF CHRIST?

In the beginning we bore the image of God,Son & Spirit and when Adam and Eve fell by believing a lie about themselves and God, the entire human race fell & that “fall” was a falling away in our minds from our true identity as image and likeness bearers of Elohim.
- So why we need to reflect is bc in the beginning that’s how we were created to be
ALSO BECAUSE OUR FLESH HAS CRAVINGS BC IT REFLECTS A FALLEN IMAGE We read last week that those cravings, deeds, OR FRUIT of our flesh are

WILD?! ( Gal 5:21-25)

Every piece of furniture, lego set, puzzle, seed packet comes unassembled, but the goal or example of completion is printed on the box. Jesus is the picture on the box for every Christ follower.Imagine that you are a packet of seeds, Jesus is the picture on the packet. If you were a puzzle, Jesus is the picture on the box!

The process of you becoming like the picture on the box is not overnight but like the scripture says we are changed into Christ’s glorious image from glory to glory to glory to glory.