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Being Like Christ

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“I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”  This is a famous quote from Mahatma Gandhi. Apparently at one time Gandhi became attracted to Christianity and began to study the Bible. He liked what Jesus taught, so he tried to attend a church in South Africa where he was living at the time. However, the  church did not allow him in because of his race. Does that sound like something Jesus would do?

Remember in elementary school when you would go on field trips and your teachers would tell you to behave because you were representing the school? If your class misbehaved at the museum, the museum employees would think your school is full of children who misbehave. Well, the same in true of everything in life. Wherever you go, whatever you do, you are always representing everything you associate yourself with. You represent your school, your employer, your group of friends, your family, ect. And as followers of Christ, we represent Christ. Does the way you represent Christ push others towards Him or away from Him?

Why is it that Christians are not more like our Christ? There are some who genuinely strive for that, but there are others who want salvation and nothing more. Scriptures call us to imitate Jesus, to obey Him, and to live the way He lived. Here are a few examples:

1 John 2:3-6

And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Ephesians 5:1-2

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 

Ephesians 4:22-24

To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.


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