After Adam sinned, we read that he fathered a child \u2018in his own likeness.\u2019<\/i> (Genesis 5:3 NIV) Ever since, we\u2019ve all been born in the image of fallen men. Sometimes people say, \u2018He\u2019s just like his father.\u2019 Or we say, \u2018My dad was an angry man\u2014now I\u2019ve got his temper! Dad couldn\u2019t stay with Mum\u2014now I\u2019m going through a divorce. Dad was an alcoholic\u2014now look at my drinking and drugs! Dad was a workaholic\u2014now I work sixteen hours a day! Dad wasn\u2019t affectionate with us kids\u2014now I don\u2019t even know how to hug my children!\u2019 History repeats itself over and over again in our lives.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a fascinating example: \u2018Abraham said of Sarah his wife, \u201cShe is my sister.\u201d And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.\u2019<\/i> (Genesis 20:2 ESV) Note, Isaac wasn't even born when his father lied and did this, yet years later, he did exactly the same thing, in exactly the same place (Genesis 26:7). It's in the genes! <\/p>\n
But there\u2019s good news! When you receive Jesus as your Saviour, He breaks that cycle! When you\u2019re born again (John 3:3), you get a new Father and a new nature! You don\u2019t need to walk in the likeness of your earthly father anymore, for now you can walk in the likeness of your heavenly Father, and become more like Him every day. Why don\u2019t you talk to Him today about joining His family? See: vision.org.au\/prayer\/common-questions\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After Adam sinned, we read that he fathered a child \u2018in his own likeness.\u2019 (Genesis 5:3 NIV) Ever since, we\u2019ve all been born in the image of fallen men. Sometimes people say, \u2018He\u2019s just like his father.\u2019 Or we say, \u2018My dad was an angry man\u2014now I\u2019ve got his temper! Dad couldn\u2019t stay with Mum\u2014now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}