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The December 10, 2021 Woman's World had an interview with Dolly Parton.
She said she once entered a celebrity look-alike contest in LA without revealing her identity.
As she said, "They had a bunch of Chers & Dollys that year.
So, I just over-exaggerated.
I made my beauty mark bigger, the eyes bigger, the hair bigger, everything.
All these beautiful [contestants] had worked for weeks & months [preparing].
I just got in the line & walked across."
She won, right?
"I got the least applause."
She lost!
The audience thought Dolly looked the least like herself!
That can't happen with God.
Heb 1:3 says 3The Son is the exact representation of God's being.
In Jn 8:19, 14:7, Jesus confirms.
If you know Jesus, you know the Father & we've seen Him.
Who else can enter that look-alike contest?
No one.
Ever.
No competition.
Jn 1:10-18 says Jesus made the Father known when He came.
Let's look.
10aHe was in the world.
Who? Jn 1:9.
9The true light that gives light to everyone.
God.
He didn't just pop in for a quick visit & leave.
He came to live with us.
This isn't just anybody.
10bThe world was made through him.
He's our Creator!
The Creator!
And He came to live with us.
But He didn't come as our almighty King of kings.
He chose to empty Himself.
He came as a human baby.
Fully God, but fully human.
Born into poverty.
Not royalty.
And not wealth or power.
Ordinary.
Almost insignificant.
So, it's no surprise: 10cthe world didn't recognize him.
They expected the Messiah.
But they expected a conquering warrior-king.
Not a common carpenter.
11aHe came to that which was his own.
The Creator came to live in His Creation.
With His Creatures.
Just after starting His ministry, Jesus went back to Nazareth, the town where He grew up.
Their reaction set the pattern.
11bHis own didn't receive him.
Not Nazareth.
Not Jerusalem.
His people did more than not receive Him.
They said He was insane.
Even worse, they said Satan powered His miracles.
Worst of all, they subjected The Creator to a kangaroo court.
Then mocked Him, tortured Him, & executed Him in the most horrible way they knew.
His people didn't just fail to receive Him.
They rejected Him.
Completely.
A few received Him. 12 apostles.
~150 women & men who followed Him around.
Even a few of Jerusalem's leaders.
Nicodemus.
Joseph of Arimathea.
12aTo all who receive him... Jesus gives a priceless gift.
12cHe gives the right to become God's children.
Right: full authority to be adopted as God's child.
How do we gain that right?
Receive Him.
How do we receive Him? Believe.
This kind of belief isn't something we have.
It's something we do.
More we trust than we believe.
Heart belief.
Not head belief.
It's no casual choice.
Those who become children 12bbelieve in His Name.
In the Bible, a name reveals character.
Same with Jesus' Name.
So, heart-believe that Jesus' character is what His Name says.
He's Immanuel.
God With us.
Christ.
Messiah.
Prince of Peace.
Savior!
But remember, this is heart-belief.
Trust.
Trust Him to bring us into eternal life.
Trust all He tells us.
Trust His promises for us.
Trust that His commands are to us.
Trust Him so much we bet our lives on Him.
Our all.
Put Him 1st in everything.
Show it by obeying Him.
Love God 1st & foremost.
Love others as we love ourselves.
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