A study from Vince Baker Ministries
What does being made in the image of God mean for my identity?
Read Genesis for the value and responsibility given to human beings, then Colossians for the character of the renewed life. Its examples include compassion, humility, patience, and forgiveness. Ask which of those qualities is visible in the situation where you are thinking most about your identity.
How Your Identity in Christ Shapes Your Choices
The sayings bring up the inward image of who you are and the power of past labels. Colossians presents renewal alongside practices a community can see. Look for one shift in your speech or conduct that would make compassion or patience more evident to someone close to you.
Put one quote into practice
Write one assumption you make about yourself under pressure. Read a passage on belonging to Christ and identify the conduct it calls for. Choose one action that expresses that identity in a relationship where an older habit tends to surface.
Scripture to read alongside the quotes
- Colossians 3:10-14 · KJV
- Genesis 1:26-28 · KJV
- Colossians 3:8-15 · KJV
- 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 · KJV
25 Vince Baker quotes on image of god
Open this quote“Your name has a lot to do with the imprint of the image of God on your life.”
Open this quote“You have to be imprinted with God's image for what you are called to do before you can do what God has called you to do.”
Open this quote“God will change your name if your name doesn't fit the image of who you are called to be.”
Open this quote“We are continually challenged to come into the full image of the Son of God.”
Open this quote“Changing into the image of Christ will be painful because you will have to die to yourself to do it.”
Open this quote“The Lord is only with His sons who are bearing His image.”
Open this quote“The express image of the Father is encoded in the Words of Christ.”
Open this quote“You cannot build the image of Christ within you if you have too many distractions.”
Open this quote“Maturing the internal and eternal image of God within you is the most important thing you need to work on in this life.”
Open this quote“I am not called to be conformed to the image of who you think I should be, but who God says I am.”
Open this quote“Changing into the image of Christ will take a lot of study of the Word of God and much prayerful meditation.”
Open this quote“Everything you think, say, and do flows from your inward image of who you are.”
Open this quote“Everything in your life is dictated by the inward image of who you are.”
Open this quote“The image of God has to be built into your mindset and how you think about yourself in every area of your life.”
Open this quote“Going from glory to glory and being transformed into the image of Christ is inwardly painful.”
Open this quote“To be transformed into the image of Christ, something has to die.”
Open this quote“You have to have the Holy Spirit engrained into the image of who you are for the anointing to work in your life.”
Open this quote“If your dad is not a son of God, God will disconnect you from him when you become a son of God.”
Open this quote“No one has a right to talk into your identity but God.”
Open this quote“Never let anyone speak into your identity because only God knows who you are called to be.”
Open this quote“It’s not who you’ve been in your past that matters, but who you end up becoming.”
Open this quote“You have to inwardly become what God wants you to outwardly manifest.”
Open this quote“Your thoughts, words, and actions must catch up to the image God placed inside of you at the new birth.”
Open this quote“The kingdom of God is not just a place; it is characteristics of the image of God that you become.”
Open this quote“Who you used to be does not have to dictate who you can become in God.”
