A measure of divine Glory

If you’ve been following along and read the The Image of God in Man post, or have been able to attended the Maximizers meetings, you may remember that we identified the Image of God by four primary distinctions:

• Our manifestation of His attributes
• Our ruling as His regents
• Our ability to relate to him and others
• Our investment with glory from Him, by Him, and for believers, to Him

God invests man with a measure of divine Glory

• Glory in the “likeness” of God – Ezekiel 1:26-27
• What is man that you are mindful of him? – Psalm 8:4
• 1 Cor 11:7; 2 Cor 3:18

Considerations of the Glory of God

• It is universal
  • People of all races, ethnic groups, nationalities, etc. are made in the image of God
  • With regard to the image of God, there is no gender difference
  • Mental and physical ability has no bearing on “imageness”
  •  The Image of God is essential to man, it is not something that can be lost
  • What does this universality mean in the workplace?
    • Equal respect of mankind regardless of ability or appearance
    • Prejudice and glass ceilings have no place
    • Form and Function
      • We are all the same FORM, being made in His image (who we are)
        • This is how Jesus can tell us to love everyone
  • We are all different in FUNCTION(what we do)
    • We do different things, have different levels of contribution
• We mess it up when we confuse (rather than correlate) form and function; when we assign value to people by their function rather than their form

Where do we see the Image of God most clearly?

• In Jesus Christ
  • Wholly directed toward the Father (John 4:34)
  • Wholly directed toward others (John 15:13, Mark 10:45)
  • Ruled over nature (Acts 2:22)
  • Mirrors the three-fold relationship in Gen 1:26-28

How do we accommodate these three axis of relationships in the workplace?

• When we work for someone, we should be stewards of what the employer has given us – and remain wholly directed toward the Father
• If the direction of the company is distressing, you have the ability to speak out in concern while still understanding that we are subject to authority (Colossians 3:22 and 1 Peter 2:13)
• If you are talking out of turn because you cannot align with the direction of the company, then you should move on

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