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Some time ago I was teaching on the purposes of prophetic ministry. Beginning with a fewopening comments, I said: "Prophecy calls out the greatness in people."Just then a pastor walked through the back door and said, "I have a question.""What is it?""I believe that God is great," he said."Yes. Did I say something that made you feel that God wasn't great?""You said we are to call out the greatness in people. I believe that you are creating pride inpeople by doing that," he said.I fired back, "I believe that for years the church has emasculated and castrated people inthe name of humility." I pointed to a beautiful painting on the wall and said, "Let'spretend you painted that picture""OK," he said, looking confused."That's a stupid looking painting! Look at those ugly colors!" I yelled. "Now," I askedhim, "Did demeaning the painting glorify the artist?""No" he said."Isn't it true that the beauty of the painting actually brings honor to the artist?" "Yes,that's true," he said."You didn't paint yourself—God painted you," I told him. "Not only that, but Jesus isthe one who sat in the chair and modeled for the portrait. We are created in His image andin His likeness. Every time we demean ourselves we are talking badly about the Artist andthe Model. The truth is that the beauty of creation actually gives glory to the Creator.
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