You are Made in God’s Image

welcome to camarillo healing rooms for those who don't know me my name is sue berdulis and i'm one of the directors

here and i'm beginning a new series tonight called embrace

your god-given identity and tonight's teaching is you are made

in his image and it's my desire for each and every person to

discover their true identity who god created them to be

and to recover who god really made them to be

when you understand who god created you to be

ones who have value and worth and then you begin to walk in this

destiny that he has given you as his image bearers you will live a life filled

with peace and joy and confidence if you are watching online i encourage

you to go to our website www.camryohealing.com

and go to resources slash teaching and you can download the pdf notes that

accompany this teaching let us pray oh father i thank you that you have

created us in your image and father i pray that you would open

our eyes open the eyes of each and every person so that we can see who you are

and who you have created us to be in jesus name amen

we're gonna begin with roman numeral one understanding the real battle over your god-given identity in the very

first book of the bible in genesis 1 27 it says this remarkable statement

about your true identity your god-given identity

genesis 1 27 says so god created man in his own image

in the image of god he created him male

and female he created them let's join together and declare this out

loud right now god created man in his own image in the image of god he

created him male and female he created them

you were made in god's image if you begin even to think about this

our god who created the universe had all that power and ability

our god who was so infinitely kind and so gracious to us and then you get a

little little little smidget of a glimpse that you were made in this image

it will really seem like that is way too good to be true

but the remarkable thing is is it is true and it's true

about each one of you you have been made in

god's image i want you to declare this after me i

am made in god's image [Applause]

he created me in his own image

that's remarkable [Laughter]

there's a war a vicious vicious war over your identity

and it has been taking place since the beginning of time

you almost every moment you're alive 24 7.

there's a little yakking voice that says you're not made in god's image

you're not who god says you are oh you guys have heard that haven't you

this battle is being waged over your true identity

over your god-given identity it's taking place in the invisible realm

the spiritual realm a place that most people don't even want to consider or

think that exists although it's very real

because the intensity of this spiritual battle over mankind's

god-given identity over your identity has been escalating

the ramifications of it is now being felt worldwide

in the wake of this battle the hearts of many people

are filled with fear oppression

depression suicidal thoughts i know i've come in contact with these people

and maybe you even felt a tinge of this yourself chronic and unusual sicknesses and

diseases premature death are increasing exponentially

hatred cruelty are overtly being expressed in

an increasing measure and the earth itself is groaning under

the weight of mankind's lost identity

how many have experienced or are experiencing the effects of this

war have you like met never before it's time for you

to discover and to recover your god-given

identity let us declare genesis 1 27 once again out loud

so god created man in his own image in the image of god he created them

male and female he created them as god's image bearer you are created

guess what to image him what is imaging him means it means you

are reflecting or portraying who he is you can't image him though unless what

you know him god he wrote this book

the bible of who he is so you could discover

who he is like the bible is like a mirror

when you look into it it reflects god's image

into you so you have a living understanding of who he is

and as you look into the bible

you are able to see wow i am made

in his image this look this painting that you see

over here when i was creating this teaching years ago

i was in the midst of the teaching and i was you know thinking about wow i'm

created in god's image and i'm created to mirror him here on this earth who he

is so i go to santa maria healing rooms and there's a lady

and her name is marilyn spinalde and she's painting this picture

and if you guys can see it it's a picture of this little girl looking into the mirror

and she gets a revelation oh i am

i am made in the image of god oh

i go up to merrill and i said can i have can i buy that painting

somebody had already purchased it before she even finished it it was pre-arranged

i didn't know that i said can i get a copy then please

she says all considered she's a professional artist she had never made copies of her paintings

she made copies jill told me she had a copy at her house

this copy is over my piano it is to remind me that i am made in

god's image the bible when you open it up is to

remind you and i that we are made in

god's image we are his image bearers there's many many many many copies

of him billions of copies of him in this world

ones that are his image bearers

so you find his image from cover to cover in your bible

and if there's one word that was to describe his image

you guys all know it it's love first john 4 16 says this

god is what love

so when you look into this mirror god wants you to know not just intellectually but experiential

his love for you yes god is love

and you are love you are made in the image of his love

and you are to image his love wherever you go

from god's heart of love you were formed and fashioned god designed you to experience and enjoy

his love forever and ever to enjoy the fellowship of his love that's occurring

around his throne between the father the son and the holy spirit

he's designed you so that you could be nourished by his love

and then like i've said to image his love to reflect his love to the world

now we understand that jesus when he came on planet earth that he was an exact image of god himself

and he's when he's praying to the father this is before he goes to the cross and this is the passion translation john 17

26 he says i reveal to them who you are and i will make i will continue to make

you even more real to them so that they may experience

the same endless love that you have for me for your love will now live in them

even as i live in them god desires that his love

would live in you that you would live

loved one of the best ways you're able to do

this is by looking into the mirror

of his love and discovering that he

truly is in love with you

first john 4 16 says this and we have known and believed the love

that god has for us god is love and he who abides in love

abides in god and god in him i like the passion

translation puts a little twist on it we have come into intimate experience with

god's love and we trust in the love he has for us

this is what the war is about the enemy does not want you to trust in the

primary image of god to trust in his love for

you before jesus begins his earthly ministry

god from heaven declares these words over jesus

matthew 3 17 this is my beloved son in whom i am well

pleased passion translation this is my son

the beloved my greatest delight is in him

god's words over jesus

is his words over you

when you look into the mirror you are to see wow

i am god's beloved i am the one

in whom he delights let's declare god's identity out loud

from first john 4 16 god is

love let's declare your identity i am the one whom god loves

i am god's beloved daughter

or son every attack against your identity

is to attack this very thing that you are loved by god

that god delights in you that you are his beloved see the same way the same

intensity in which god loved jesus he loves you right now no matter how

marge you might feel and think and you know look at yourself

you know through the first adam's fall

mankind's image was marred sin entered in

you've sinned i've sinned the world has sinned we're under the weight

of mankind's marred image but he still says to you and i

you are made in my image

you are my beloved daughter you are my beloved son

in you i delight does it matter where you are at right now

that's how he sees you and i

when you know who you are as one made in god's own image you're able to image him

to reflect him to the world around you to this lost and hurting world

and to those who don't know their god-given identity number three under a

god's image bearers were created to be god's representative here on this earth

of his great love expressing his character the nature of

his love exercising his authority from this position of love

displaying his power the power of his love

and then establishing his kingdom his kingdom of

love throughout all the earth genesis 1 28 this right is right after

god declares mankind's image he says this then god

blessed them and god said to them be fruitful and multiply

fill the earth and subdue it have dominion and have dominion over

every living thing that included the little serpent that

comes into the garden as god's image bears mankind

was blessed by god because mankind was the embodiment of

his love he gave them dominion over all the earth

when god created adam and eve they perfectly reflected god's image their spirit contained the very breath of god

the very spirit of god the very life of god they were god's dwelling place here on

this earth and to kind of to represent this i have two bases

and the two bases one is it's talking about the spirit of god

one vase is to represent god and the other vase is to represent your spirit or the

invisible part of you that you can't see but it's the real true part of you

when god created us before the fall we were perfectly

created in his image and likeness he was holy

we were holy he was pure and spotless without blemish

we were pure and spotless without blemish we perfectly imaged the very spirit of the living god

be mankind's identity assaulted by satan because satan god's arch enemy hated god

he hated adam and eve why because they are made in god's image

and likeness this means when you were conceived in your mother's womb

god hated you he was out to steal kill and destroy

the image inside of your mother's womb

no matter how satan marred your image to god you have value and worth

and he still sees when you look at him you see who he is

and when he looks at you he says wow she's created in my image

wow he's created me my image wow

there are so many billions of people created in my image oh man that brought

god's great great delight you bring them great to light number two therefore satan

knowing that you were created in his image and he just hates the image

he executed a deceptive plan to steal adam and eve's

god-given identity why he wanted what they possessed he

wanted the authority and the dominion over all the earth he wanted access to all that they had he wanted to enslave

them to his evil purposes and plans he wanted to establish his kingdom of

darkness on this earth but what was his ultimate desire in stealing the identity

have you thought about that he wanted

mankind to image him because he was after

being glorified that's why he fell from heaven

he saw god and all the glory he was getting he goes wow

i can get that so he took a selfie

and he fell a lot of people are taking selfies

rather than looking into the image of who god is falling for the same sin that

satan fell for number three satan approached eve with his cunning

lies twisting god's words the truth the absolute truth and projecting into their

minds a distorted image of god's identity and their identity

i call this the god said satan said war

god said genesis 2 16-17 this is what he said

he commanded the man saying of every tree of the garden

you may freely eat but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall

not eat for in the day that you eat it you will surely die

what did satan say satan said genesis 3 1-4 he said to the

woman who's gold indeed said

you will not surely die for god knows that in the days that you eat it your

eyes will be opened and you will be like god

the liar told a lie because that's all he knows there's no truth in him he can't tell the truth

they're already created in the image of god he knew that he just wanted to convince them that they were not made

in the image of god and he's still trying to do that with each and every person and that's why we have such a disaster in our world today

satan's malevolent lives were drenched with deceit and misinformation

he knew that if he could get adam and eve to come into agreement with him with his lies believing in obeying him rather

than be believing and obeying god he could connivingly steal their

god-given identity without them truly understanding oh they would be forfeiting isn't that true when satan

steals our identity when satan steals other people's identity they don't know

that their whole life might be taken away from them think about it what's going on in the

world today through satan's number four through satan's fraudulent words he insisted you

waited that god was a liar and god was withholding something really

good from them by saying don't need of that tree of knowledge of good and evil you will die if you do

say them things i'm going to get them to think that if they would really eat from that fruit

that god told them not to whoa they could be someone really super duper

i felt for that lie i'm sure they i could get them to fall for that lie right okay

paul insinuated that god was a liar and that mankind was not made in god's image and

likeness assaulting god's identity and their god-given identity

number five has satan's mode of operations changed since the garden of eden

yes no no it hasn't changed one bit relentlessly he works behind the scenes

in the invisible realm against god's image bearers the ones he hates

trying to make us believe his lies and disbelieve god's word

through deception to make us believe we are not made in god's image that we

are not truly loved that we are not who god says we are

he does this so we'll act contrary to our true image

our god-given image so he can go ahead and control us have

dominion over us and ultimately destroy us

number c common ways your arch enemy attempts to trick you into embracing a false

identity okay this is from genesis three one through four about this first

encounter so i'm not going to go into all the ways that satan goes ahead and tries to

deceive people this is not on your handout but first

off i want you to know that satan came as a serpent a friendly serpent

engaging them in a friendly conversation that god god no god

he wasn't telling you the truth there's really something great if you

eat that fruit i have a series called fearless living

it's up on the website just look under series it talks about all the different ways

that satan loves to disguise himself so that you don't know that behind the

scenes of what's occurring it's his little deceptive voice being blasted

through other people's mouths and deeds

okay number two this is from genesis 3.

has god indeed said i call that identity questioned

many people don't even know what god said right and then people that kind of know what

god says they're going hmm i don't know if god said that or not and then that people that do know what god said like

adam and eve they go well that sounds

logical huh what else do you have to say satan

now they don't really directly say that i'm just trying to get us to

enter into this picture that we fall for so many times

how many times has god approached you and your family members and those you love has god

indeed said the more you listen to his voice the more you start

going down the pathway he has for you and the deeper you entrenched you get in

his lies in his way and his will for your life it's kind of sad number three not

identity denial and we've kind of covered that one you know so i'm not going to go into detail but that's

jesus says you're going to die if you eat that tree of knowledge of good and evil satan says

you will not god says you are made in my image and

likeness satan says not one little tiny word not changes the

whole course of what god has said the truth

number four you'll surely not die this is huge identity consequences are falsified

just think about that how many people fall into a deep dark pit of sin and

tragic losses in their life because they think they will bypass

the consequences that are attached to their choice of disobeying god's word

number five your eyes will be opened and you'll be like god

they were like god you and i are made in the image of god

but satan wants to convince you truly you are not number d your choice of identity adam

and eve were faced with a choice that they could either believe and obey god walking in their god-given identity or

believe and obey satan coming knowingly or unknowingly into agreement with

satan's deceptive plans throughout your life you are faced with

this basic choice in most all the decisions you make we think there's some neutral choices the in-between choices

one of the definitions for identity in webster 1828 dictionary is the sameness

and all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing oneness in the realm of the spirit the invisible

but superior realm two choices you're gonna come into agreement with

satan's word coming into agreement oneness sameness with him or you're

gonna come in agreement with god's word oneness sameness with him not only in

word but nature character

deeds yes number three you have a freedom of choice god created you

with freedom that's being blasted all over right now

i have a freedom of choice to freely to choose for myself

what i'm going to do with my life and do with x y or z

but you got to know according to what god says it began in the garden of eden there's two choices

one choice leads to life and blessing the other to death and cursing deuteronomy 30 19 says this

i have set before you life and death blessing and cursing then he says choose

life so that you you and your descendants may live that you may love the lord your god

that you may obey his voice i have a series called choices determine destiny

talking about the choices that god has given us two choices life or death from

psalm one death comes in all shapes and forms and sizes death of relationships death of

finances death of health and the worst of all eternal death death

encompasses all forms of mental emotional physical relational torment

unfortunately at first when you choose satan's will and way you don't often

actually feel or see the death like consequences

until you're entrapped so deep and dark it's hard to make your

way out i know that maybe you guys know that too

number e acceptance of a falsified identity unfortunately adam and eve they lost

sight of their god-given identity that they were made in the image of god

that god loved them that everything that god said

was out of his heart for love it was for their good

they lost sight of that therefore they choose to go ahead

and not to trust in god's love but rather to trust

in satan and they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil disobeying god's

command consequently they subjected themselves in the entire

human race along with everything that god created

to the law of sin and death adam and eve consequences affected the

entire human race when we make choices

for life or death we are making life and death choices for many people

around us as this identity war rages

in the world one person's choice

affects many many people

it's not an individual choice

okay god said don't eat they ate instantly the moment they ate

from the tree of knowledge of good and evil the light the very life of god within

them went out and in its place

emptiness darkness

filled their mind they couldn't see clearly who god was anymore

they clearly couldn't see who they were anymore their emotions

fear shame

guilt filled their heart

blaming one another you made the bad choice no you did you

did you know [Music] but one thing the emptiness

did not lead them back to the pathway to god

they had taken a selfie

and they went out into the world projecting a shadow

of who god was still bearing his image but a shadow

of his image thousands and thousands of years later

when men exhausted all their ways of trying

to come back into relationship with god god provided away

jesus christ

number two through believing and acting on the lie

they are tricked into believing a false identity for their lives

number three at that moment in time satan's malevolent crime against

humanity was successfully carried out instead of

mirroring god's image they thought they were going to mirror themselves oh i'm going to be like god

just like the satan thought he was going to be like god but rather they began to bear the image

a fallen man they began to bear the image

of satan a mord image

number two your god-given identity in christ

the moment that you receive the way that god provided for you to

come back into your true identity your god-given identity through jesus christ

the moment you invite jesus christ into your heart

a miracle of miracles occurs

and second corinthians 5 17 describe this

let's all say this together therefore if anyone is in christ he is a

new creation the old things have passed away

behold all things are have become new

the black face represents your old darkened identity in adam your old man

remember this is the invisible part of you that you can't often see but a lot of what comes out of you comes

from who you are inside this invisible reality of your spirit man so the black face represents

where satan in his kingdom of darkness was controlling you and having dominion over you

the moment you were born again your old identity in adam it says ii

corinthians 5 17 that it passed away that it was totally

done away with before i would take these black bases and smash them and put them in a trash

can because you got to realize when you become a new creation in christ when you invite jesus christ into your heart this

is totally done away with the red vase yay right

the red vase is your new identity in christ the new creation reality where

all things become new your new spirit man is now where the

fullness of godhead dwells the father the son and the holy spirit dwells

his the king is here and his kingdom and now he's able to go ahead and rule and

reign in you and through you

when you are born again power was released into your spirit man

making you into a totally brand new creation in christ

your spirit man now is able to reflect god's image once again

the same power that created the universe is the same

power that operated in jesus christ it's the same power that raised jesus christ

from the dead and it's the same power that raised your spirit man

from death to life

the word new creation has been translated as a new species of being

which never existed before when jesus who is the light of the world came to

live inside of you a totally new race was created

this is who you are wall to wall

in your spirit man you look just like jesus

the blood of jesus made this new creation possible that is why i chose red for the color of

vase i want you to remember that jesus sacrificed his life

so that you could have this new reality so that you could go ahead

and become that splitting image of who god made you

to be let's personalize second corinthians 5

17 out loud just repeat it after me okay i am a new creation in christ

the old things have passed away

behold all things have become new

you know what new things are here everything that jesus is and all that

jesus possesses is in your spirit right now

and you are to live dependent upon the spirit of god

he's inside you not yes he's sitting on his throne but he's not far off he's inside you

talking to you can talk to him right here he's inches inches

he's right here the fullness of the god has is in you

get a glimpse of who god has made you to be

you are as he is satan wants to say not not not

jesus says you are healed i am healed

satan says not not who are you going to believe

who are you going to believe

i think i'm going to end point b and on

i'm going to go ahead and save that for our next session in this series embrace

your god-given identity um what i want to end with is two

declarations and then i want to lead you in knowing some resources that we have

online so that you can start embracing your god given identity that you can

begin looking into this mirror of who god created you to be

and when he says you are made in my image wow

i am made in your image when he says you are a new creation you

respond wow i'm a new creation

you might not feel like it that's a whole lesson i want to lead you

guys into to understand how to walk in this new identity we're to end with two declarations

genesis 1 27 we're gonna personalize it

just repeat after me i am made in god's image

god created me in his own image

that might be hard to believe but i believe it

i will declare it i will live like it

now second corinthians 5 17 you'll be repeating it after me but in a personalized fashion when i d and

discovered that i could take the word of god put my name in it personalize it it

started to transform how i thought how i behaved how i felt about myself how i

felt about others and god and i said to my husband two nights ago and i said i am so glad

that i have this bible to read and i wasn't saying that to say something to you

i really am it's transformed me and it'll transform you so that you can become really who you

are already in your spirit man so the last and final declaration sent from ii

corinthians 5 17. i am a new creation

the old things have definitely passed away behold

i am a new creation all things have been made new as christ is

so am i in this world that's what first john 4 17 says

[Laughter] anyway at the bottom of your handout

resources go to www.camryohealing.com

some wonderful resources on prayers highly recommend

under resources slash prayers father's love letter

decla i did not write this but we've been given permission to have it on our website declare these truths of god's

love over your own heart second one who i am in christ okay i created that

handout kind of walking you through the realities that christ walked me

through that the bible walked me through so that i would believe who i am especially in this area of

healing third resource it's up here also with communion and you could just look at communion for

that the other thing under resources slash teaching just click on identity

do the search a lot of teachings we've done on identity will come up and marianne has done two recent teachings

on called operation identity highly recommend that anyway thank you for joining us i want to end

with the prayer father i thank you lord for the truth that you have opened our eyes to see that we are ones made in

your image and likeness and i thank you lord god for helping

each