Thank you for listening to this message from Damon Thompson Ministries. You used to dare to dare to believe that Abba accepted me because of his son. But I never let myself believe he saw me as his son.

Let me say that again because there's a big difference. He accepts me because of his son.

But to say that he sees me as he sees his son makes all the difference in the world.

It should throw me away but he doesn't because of Jesus.

Is a lot different than when he looks at me.

He sees the righteousness of his son, the perfection of his son, the holiness of his son.

The holiness of his son.

I'm telling you, friend, you're more than accepted you're desired and there's a massive

difference between the two you're more than accepted you you're desired, and there's a massive difference between the two.

He has to tolerate us and he has to let us in because of Jesus. Thank God for Jesus.

Firstborn among many brethren.

You and I predestined to be conformed into the image of his son.

I believe one of the chief ways you become conformed into the image of the sun is to accept yourself as the image of the sun and let him look at you until it knocks every

piece of you that doesn't look like the sun off.

Let him stare at you.

It's a story I've told many times I heard an old preacher tell this story years ago.

He said that there was a piece of granite stone that was sent to a sculptor and the sculptor

rejected it and said I can't do anything with that.

Young up-and-coming prominent sculptor he says I can't do anything with that there's there's nothing there

So they said well what are we gonna do with this piece of granite, well, there's an old man who used to do it.

He doesn't do it much anymore, but we'll just see if he can make anything out of it.

And they handed it to him and he smiled.

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