CREATION TO CHRIST. [ THE DIVINE PERSONALITY]

 A WOMAN GOES INTO A SHOP TO BUY A HAT. THE ASSISTANT SUGGESTS FIRST THIS ONE, THEN THAT ONE, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE- UNTIL FINALLY SHE PRODUCES ONE SHE INSISTS "SUITS MADAM PERFECTLY."  THE ASSISTANT IS SUGGESTING THAT THE HAT EXPRESSES THE CLIENT'S PERSONALITY. SIMILARLY, HUMAN BEINGS PUT A VARIETY OF " PERSONALLY HATS" ON GOD'S HEAD.  SOME PUT AN ACADEMIC HAT ON HIM. AFTER ALL HE KNOWS EVERYTHING [JOHN 21:17].

SOME PUT A POLICEMAN'S HAT ON HIM. THEY THINK OF HIM AS ONE WHO CONSTANTLY SPIES ON THEM FROM HEIGHTS OF HEAVEN TO CATCH THEM WHEN THEY DO WRONG, [PSALM 139: 1-12; GENESIS 3: 8-10].

 THERE ARE THOSE THAT PUT A CHEF'S HAT ON GOD. THEY BELIEVE HE EXISTS MERELY TO TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN AMPLE SUPPLY OF FOOD  AND DRINK, [PSALM 145: 15,16]. SOME COMPLAIN WHEN THEY FEEL HE IS NOT AS GENEROUS AS HE MIGHT BE.

OTHERS THINK OF GOD AS A KIND FATHER CHRISTMAS OR SANTA CLAUS, WHOSE JOB IT IS TO SUPPLY THEM WITH ALL KINDS OF PLEASANT THINGS. TO OWN AND ENJOY. SOME GET A LITTLE PEEVED WITH HIM WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO SHORT OF SOMETHING, MATTHEW [6:31, 32].

MANY LOOK ON A  MAGICIAN HAT AS A "MUST" FOR THE DIVINE WARDROBE, FOR THEY THINK OF GOD AS THE GREAT MIRACLE WORKER, [EXODUS 7:1O; 14:10-31].

MANY BELIEVE A CROWN IS AN APPROPRIATE HAT FOR GOD. THE BIBLE OFTEN USES
 WORDS LIKE "KING"  AND "KINGDOM" WHEN REFERRING TO HIM, [PSALM 24: 7-1O].

BECAUSE MANY UNINFORMED PEOPLE VIEW THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE MERELY AS A MATTER OF "DO" AND "DON'T," THEY THINK OF A PURITAN HAT FOR GOD. [MARK 10:17:22].

SOME THINK ABOUT GOD WHEN THEY ARE SICK, [PSALM 103:3;] [MARK 5:21-43]'.
REMARKABLY, MANY PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO ASK, " WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?" WHEN THEY ARE SICK, BUT SLOW TO ASK THIS SAME QUESTION WHEN THEY ARE WELL.

THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH IN THE MESSAGES OF ALL THESE HATS. EACH REFLECTS SOMETHING OF WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY ABOUT GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. IT IS ESSENTIAL, HOWEVER, TO KEEP IN MIND THAT GOD'S ALL EMBRACING QUALITY IS LOVE. THIS BINDS ALL OF HIS OTHER QUALITIES TOGETHER AS A CORD BINDS TOGETHER THE STALKS IN A SHEAF OF HAY.

GOD IS WHAT HE IS-NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF HIM. OUR TASK IS TO COME TO GRIPS WITH HIS SELF-DESCRIPTION,  HIS CHARACTER AND HIS WAY OF DOING THINGS. HE ONCE DID WEAR A HAT (THORNS). HE DID NOT CHOOSE IT FOR HIMSELF.
MEN FASHIONED IT AND PLACED IT ON HIM IN MOCKERY. HOWEVER, WHAT THEY PLACED THERE WILL SERVE A USEFUL TEACHING PURPOSE FOR US.


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