Pretending we are someone else, as many do at Halloween, is an interesting phenomenon. I mean, when you are in the costume, the special clothing, you can better imagine yourself as being like that kind of person. If someone wants to think of themselves as being like the devil and gets a devil mask with horns and tries to be quite scary there is something that happens in their mind and heart when they pretend this way that could be a bit dangerous to themselves and others!!! So it is good be careful when we dress up like someone else.
The Scripture, though, encourage us, commands us, to put on Christ, cloth ourselves in Him, imagine ourselves to be IN HIM before the Father in Heaven. This is a safe thing to do and it is a great thing to do for the sake of others too!! When you picture yourself as safe in Jesus from the wrath of God because He died for you and lived that perfect life He wants you to wear before His Father, the Holy Spirit actually produces the qualities of our Lord Jesus in your own heart and mind and soul!!!
LJPPKFGGS is the name of the high fashionable clothing that the Holy Spirit fashions for us when we picture ourselves as being In Christ Jesus. The threads of this holy fabric are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, goodness and self-control. Wake up and imagine dressed up in our Lord Jesus Christ's qualities before the Father and the Holy Spirit, our tailor, produces in us those same qualities for our sake and the sake of others. This is gracious, beautiful spiritual clothing and others who experience us dressed up in Him will find us quite handsome/beautiful in Him.
The Scripture, though, encourage us, commands us, to put on Christ, cloth ourselves in Him, imagine ourselves to be IN HIM before the Father in Heaven. This is a safe thing to do and it is a great thing to do for the sake of others too!! When you picture yourself as safe in Jesus from the wrath of God because He died for you and lived that perfect life He wants you to wear before His Father, the Holy Spirit actually produces the qualities of our Lord Jesus in your own heart and mind and soul!!!
LJPPKFGGS is the name of the high fashionable clothing that the Holy Spirit fashions for us when we picture ourselves as being In Christ Jesus. The threads of this holy fabric are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, goodness and self-control. Wake up and imagine dressed up in our Lord Jesus Christ's qualities before the Father and the Holy Spirit, our tailor, produces in us those same qualities for our sake and the sake of others. This is gracious, beautiful spiritual clothing and others who experience us dressed up in Him will find us quite handsome/beautiful in Him.