Your World View of the man in the mirror
2015 Oct 25th Streaming
Greetings Everyone!
PTL! We trust our Father that the audio issues have been resolved. Thanks to each of you who sent emails and prayed for us and the issue! It is a victory for all! The message will be on the “The Man in the mirror.” We have updated the notes since last week. So, last weeks notes will match the message for this week.
WOW! What a gospel and song we have just heard. Let’s take a quick look at some of the words to the song. Not all words but a just a few of them.
I’m going to make a change
For once in my life
It’s gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference, gonna make it right
As I turned up the collar on my favorite winter coat
This wind is blowin’ my mind
I see the kids in the street with not enough to eat
Who am I to be blind, pretending not to see their need?
A summer’s disregard, a broken bottle top
And one man’s soul
They follow each other on the wind ya know?
‘Cause they got nowhere to go, that’s why I want you to know
I’m starting with the man in the mirror
I’m asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change
I’ve been a victim of a selfish kinda love
It’s time that I realize
There are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
Could it be, really mean, pretending that they’re not alone?
These or similar words are preached and taught almost every Sunday in many Churches. They are very good words. They are very powerful words. The words many would call the gospel. It’s a gospel of changing yourself and helping others. Talking to yourself or your other self and deciding on behavior modification. All we need to do is see what’s going on around us and open ours hearts to fix or change these things. By doing this we’ll make the world a better place. A better place is truly wonderful and truly subjective. Depending on where you live in the world your idea of better is what’s better for you and maybe a few others. Change is constant in this present world. Change will happen! Some changes will be deemed good and other changes will be deemed not so good. Even bad! But how will these changes affect us? Will they change who we are in our humanity? When we look in the mirror who do we see looking back at us? Who’s speaking? Are we speaking to the real us? Or is that person in the mirror speaking to us? And which image is truly us? Is it the Natural Man or Carnal Man? Is it the Outward Man or Inward Man? Is it the Old Man or New Man? Is it the image the Spiritual Man or the Corruptible Man? Perhaps it’s Wretched Man and not the Perfect Man? Well that beloved would depend on your world view!
There are many different world views and gospels that exist today which can probably be condensed into three specific or dominant views. Each of these views provide its own culture, people groups, racism, justification, status, personal and social significance, faith, and gospel. Ultimately it produces the reflection of who we are in the mirror- the very image of the man or woman we see ourselves to be! Because of desensitization to the person of Christ, our identity is held by the affinity of the flesh with two of the three views. These two views are at odds with each other over whose view is right. The body we were born in consumes our thinking and personal identity. Desensitization with its illusion, deception, captivity and delusional thinking has blinded and veiled the eyes of both. One of these two views is from “below” and earthly. The second view advocates giving life from “above” and heavenly, while its foundation is actually death to both. It boasts having the view that a man needs to reflect in the mirror but all the while denying the power. This brings us to the “other” world view which is not associated with the previous two conflicting views. Let us take a look at these world views and their “man in the mirror” in detail. Seeya in fellowship!
Love in Christ!