The Story of a Tree: The Life of Imitation, Part 2
The Garden Story is about a man who failed his test to protect his bride; it's about a tree that should have been left alone at that time.
Our congregation has around 150 children under the age of 12. And if you don’t know the children, you will connect children to certain people in the congregation because they look, act, walk, and talk like mom or dad. Children become reflections of their parents. Children may end up differing with them in some issue or another as grown adults, but you can’t escape mannerisms, modes of speech, and patterns.
When God made man in his likeness, there is an imitation theology that comes with that likeness. Even if you walk away from the Church, you will still reflect certain Christian etiquette. The renowned atheist Richard Dawkins, who grew up in the Church of England, says that he loves to live in a Christian culture, though he hates Christianity.
Life is Imitative
Patterns follow you around. If a father kisses his children, there is a high likelhood you will kiss your children one day. If they are impatient, you may also manifest some of that impatience. Life is imitative.
When God created man, man was to imitate God; to follow his patterns. If God was loving, he was to love; if God was patient, he was to be patient. Yahweh created Adam and Eve to be like him: faithful in every way. But the serpent wanted them to change the object of their imitation.
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