Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV
I was challenged reading this:
“One theologian said, “All people are created in the imago dei—the image of God. All believers are called to the imitatio Christi—the imitation of Christ.” While that sounds very spiritual, the truth is that many professing believers are far from “imitatio Christi” and more like “imitatio kosmos,” (so to speak) imitators of the world. Followers (disciples) of Christ should follow Christ by imitating Him. Of course the only way to imitate Christ is to live by the same power source He lived by during His life. And what was His source of supernatural power? It was the Holy Spirit.”
I believe that one of the best ways to present a person to Jesus is to let them see Jesus in me. Jesus called people to follow Him, both body and soul – deny myself, take up the cross and follow Him.
At the end of 1 Corinthians we find the Lord’s Supper. This is where, as a disciple, I enjoy participating with others in the faith and repentance of my walk with Jesus. The Lord’s Table, which is a common expression for this event when taking place in church, is for sinners, but sinners who trusted in Christ alone for salvation and are following Him as His disciple in a life of repentance.
My Psalm reading pushed the envelope for imitating Jesus and celebrating faith and repentance. It was Psalm 109 – a ghastly reading of anger. Definitely did not follow suit to the Lord’s Prayer. But the prayer is real and I have been there many times. So what does that look like in my life as a disciple? I believe that every time I have voiced such a prayer that I have begun to heal. How strange it is that only after I have verbalized those mean-spirited secrets of my heart can I hear how strange and hard they sound. It is then that I can grow beyond them as I continue to imitate Christ.
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