GOD WANTS MANKIND TO UNDERSTAND HIM Jesus was the first to say; My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge about God and His word. Jesus primary purpose in coming to earth was to tell mankind about the Father and how to enter a relationship with Him, this is the reason Jesus always taught about His Father. Jesus thought getting to know the Father was very important, so He talked to His disciples consistently about the ways of the Father. All mankind’s failures are based on the lack of knowledge of whom and what God is. Two thousand years after Jesus walked the earth mankind is still trying to understand whom God is and what does the Bible mean, and had it not been for true believers we would all be idol worshippers, but the disciples saw the power of God working in Jesus life every day, and they knew that the Father was real. All Jesus miracles were done to give the Father glory, and Jesus didn’t bother with things that were not from His Father. How did Jesus know what was good and what was bad? Because He knew the word. When people came to Jesus with flattery, and no love, he immediately recognized their pretense, and did not go alone with their program, just to keep face with mankind. Jesus was aware that God’s truth was the only way mankind could be free. He was not out to win the approval of mankind, but to win mankind’s heart to the Father. Now God always sent prophets to the people to tell them which way to go and how to live in peace with each other. But the people decided to go their own ways, and blame God for all their shortcomings. No one has to perish from the lack of God’s word. God word is so powerful that nothing can stop a truth seeker from obtaining it. God’s word is given to each soul that comes on earth. But, religion has taught us against the simplicity of getting to know God or His word. Religion has made God mysterious and vengeful. Ask yourself or your neighbor, or your mama, or your daddy Whom is God, and you will see just how little we know about God. And now we excuse not knowing God, by claiming everybody has a right to their opinion of whom God is. Well this is the same as saying everybody can call the sun, rain, or moon, or water, or the sky, this would make a world of confusion. Now you have the answer why so many people are confused when it comes to God, and why there are so many sect of religions. The truth of whom God is and why God is will put all these questions and myths to rest. Jesus came to show us the works of the Father, and all Jesus showed was love. Jesus never hurt anyone. And Jesus made sure we knew He was copying the ways of His Father. Now it stands to reason that if Jesus were a reflection of the Father (and He was) He could only do what the Father did. Notice there was no vengeance in His works. I am simply saying, IF GOD IS VENGEANCE THAN JESUS IS A LIAR! We know within that Jesus is not a liar, so that must mean man is lying! Think about it. Do you really believe that a God who created mankind in His image could hate us or be angry with us? No! If God were vengeful not one of us would have had a chance. But, God in His loving kindness gave us His image so that though we fall we could always return to the image that was given at creation. Now if we think of all the attacks upon the word of God and the prophets of God, and the creations of God, we will see that the force working through love is stronger than any other force. Amazingly the birds and fish know the voice of love, they have not been trained through religion, to fear God. And if we think about being afraid of God, we will see that nothing grows straight without love. When we start reading the Bible or the Koran we see God creating mankind in His image and likeness, gives mankind dominion of the earth. Well if God wanted us to be afraid of Him why would He create us to be like Him? God could have saved Himself much work if He created puppets, instead of mankind, puppets always do what their master wants them to do. You have never seen a puppet that could think, well this is why God gave mankind dominion of this earth. Mankind is capable of using all the resources of this earth for the betterment of mankind, as a service unto God. Why? Because God wants His image to act according to the way of His heart. God wants mankind to be guided through life the same way, Jesus was guided. The only way a man can enter the kingdom is through getting to know God. God would not be a mystery to us if we got to know Him! How? By desiring to know God with all our heart, mind and soul. How? By falling in love with God every breath you take, and being thankful that you are alive. Believe that today will be the first day of a lifetime of praising God, as a Father. Your ways and speech will begin to conform to the ways of the Master. Within you will begin hearing more of the voice of guidance, and you will start following. This is the reason God gave mankind His image. The image of God in mankind knows all things and reveals God word to us whether written, in the wind, or the songs of birds. When we see God as the Father of Love, we will recognize His voice. Remember we know the voices in the world because we always hear them, and to recognize the Father’s voice we must know God is our Father. So we see that as long as people fear God, they cannot communicate freely with God, this my brother is the reason mankind is serving God in bondage. Looking at David we see he was the only one in all of Israel that could save his country. Why? Because David was the only one on the battlefield that knew God. David said he would destroy Goliath before he got on the battlefield. Why? Because while David brothers and the army of Israel were training David was learning to trust God his Father, to be with him in all situations. David knew God and that is why when he committed adultery, he repented and returned to the path of fellowship with his Father. David did not believe God would allow him to be destroyed. Now if David had been caught up everyday in work that did not involve praising God he would have been afraid similar to Israel’s army. Yes, the army of God burned incense and prayed to God for protection, but they did all these things according to their religious belief. The army did not really know God, so their fear of God kept them from being bold. Today the same thing is happening, we see evil everywhere cause Christians are still unaware of whom God is. Once we see God has our Father we will become as beautiful and as bold as He intended us to be. Note Read the beginning of Gen. Chapter 1-26 and don’t leave this chapter until you know you are in God and God is in you, and because of this truth you can do all things except fail. God did not give mankind His image to recall in the event mankind messed up. God gave mankind his image so that mankind would have a way back to Him, although he failed. Having God image in us always let us know right from wrong. Only those who choose not to know God are lost, but the ones who seek after righteousness will hear and understand God’s word. Remember the next time you fail to understand God’s word, it is because you are looking at it with your eyeballs and not your heart. God already gave you the word, and put His image, in mankind to receive revelation of His word, from creation. So all those not understanding go back to God and renew your relationship with Him.