05/11/2024
Who wants to be like Christ and Live like Him?? Me!
We so easily say "me" to this question and forget to count the cost everyday. Christ was walked all over, falsely accused, hated, spit on, betrayed by his friends, and died a horrible death for telling the truth. Philippians 2:5-8, "let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider robbery to be equal with God, but made himself no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross"
Phil 2:1 "if there is any encouragement" this word has the meaning of walking beside and helping and counseling and uplifting someone. This is the only way to live a life like Jesus. It has been granted to us to believe in Christ and also suffer with him as well and we can only live the way he did by truly living in Him and Him living in us. Abiding! He is walking beside you everyday, and wants you to rely only on him. If you have been born again, you have been chosen for a life of not only eternal joy and peace but a life of suffering, selflessness, and unity with other believers. We must lean only on Christ in order to live this way and stay true to it. I love you all.
In what way have you been failing at living Christ-like and how can you lean in him today in order to change that?
