They all shall wax old as doth a
garment; and as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be
cleansed. But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. The
children of thy servants shall continue; and their seed shall stand
fast in thy sight.' Amen.
SERMON XXIV.--THE LIKENESS OF GOD
EPHESIANS iv. 23, 24.
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new
man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Be renewed, says St. Paul, in the spirit of your mind--in the tone,
character, and habit of your mind. And put on the new man, the new
pattern of man, who was created after God, in righteousness and true
holiness.
Pay attention, I beg you, to every word here. To understand them
clearly is most important to you. According as you take them rightly
or wrongly, will your religion be healthy or unhealthy, and your
notion of what God requires of you true or false. The new man, the
new pattern of man, says St. Paul, is created after God. That, is
after the pattern of God, in the image of God, in the likeness of
God. You will surely see that that is his meaning. We speak of
making a thing after another thing; meaning, make it exactly like
another thing. So, by making a man after God, St. Paul means making
a man like God.
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