You are not gods

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What is your value?

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Satan’s promise in the garden to Adam and Eve was that they would be like gods.

This would give them the same “value,” and standing, as God himself.

This also implied that, as they would be as gods, that others would have less value than them….that is, others who would not be as gods, as they were.

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I wonder sometimes, as Adam and Eve had all of God’s love, why they would want to be more than they already were?

How could they possibly feel deficient in some way, that they would actually feel like they had to be “more?”

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Was it just a human trait that went hay- wire?

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God instilled a creative instinct inside of man, to be productive and fruitful in this world.

This productivity would not PRODUCE his value, but merely express it, as man could “create” in his life, as his heavenly Father God created him.

This is a positive spiritual quest, if man is in balance with nature and the will of God.

It becomes an obsession, if it is out of balance and against God’s will.

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Man’s eternal quest for meaning in life is really an attempt to find out that he has a purpose or value in this life.

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The attempt to make oneself valuable drives most people to find careers or positions in society where their “value” is appreciated.

One way to have one’s value affirmed is to be paid well.

If one does not work or has less income, their value is increased by marrying well, to someone who has a large salary, or net worth.

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Another way to have value is to be physically attractive.

Or, to have social power.

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Also, being an intellectual, or having many accomplishments, can win the respect of many.

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For others, the opposite is true, and being evil actually wins the respect of other degenerate and wicked people.

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As smart and “valuable” as Einstein was, he still saw “value” as something we had to try to achieve, or just become.

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But God created us with intrinsic value.

This means we have it when we are born, so we do not have to work to achieve it.

No one can take it away from us.

They may deny our value, but they cannot take it away.

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There are NOT 2 groups of people:

(1). People who are “as gods,” who have all the value

And

(2). Those who are not “as gods,” with no value.

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There are only people, with good or bad behavior before God and man.

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Those who think they are “as gods” need to get over themselves, repent, and come back to reality, and submit before the Father God, Yahovah. .

Power, money, and worldly success does not make them gods.

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Those who have been beaten down as “NOT gods” need to realize that this is all a lie.

They need to know,and express, their value especially in times of opposition to it.

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The world cannot grant value, based on its standards of human performance, like it does with materials and objects.

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While one can evaluate the value, or worth, of a service performed, one cannot evaluate the value of the human person, based on that work performance.

The work performance may be bad, but it does not mean the human is a bad or worthless person.

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The reason I mention this is because I have seen people’s reputation and character attacked over a work performance.

Or a child makes a mistake, and they are verbally abused as worthless.

This is not fair.

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Someone may not be able to make good hamburgers, but it does not mean they cannot do something else better, or that their character or personal value should be degraded.

A child is still learning, and needs patience, not condemnation.

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You are priceless, of great value

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Know what your Creator thinks of you.

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Isaiah 43:4

4 You are priceless to me.
    I love you and honor you.
So I will trade other people for you.
    I will give up other nations to save your lives.

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See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me

Isaiah 49:16

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" ‘On that day,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘I will take you, … ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the LORD Almighty."

Haggai 2:23

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Psalm 139:14

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knows right well”

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Jesus thought you were so valuable to God that He came from Heaven to die for your sins, and to save you from an eternal punishment.

All you have to do is accept your own value, that you are worth his self -sacrifice for you.

And reject the rejection of others.

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And for those who think they are “gods,” you need to repent of this pride, arrogance and deception in your lives.

It will not get you to heaven, but to hell instead.

There is only one way to the Father God Yahovah in heaven, and that is through Jesus / Yeshua.

Not “Jesus, a prophet only,”

but

Jesus / Yeshua, the “Son of the God,” Savior, Deliverer, Prophet,  King, and Sender of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit of God, to those who would believe.

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