"Therefore be imitators of God as dear children."
Ephesians 5:1 (NKJV)
Sometimes a person might imitate a celebrity or politician by acting and talking like that celebrity or politician, and some people are very good at doing that. Once, I saw a comedian doing a very funny variation of this. The comedian announced that he would imitate a certain person, but then the comedian just talked and acted like he always did. The comedian did this a couple of times to get the joke across that he could not do imitations, because what he did and said was nothing like the other people he was supposed to be imitating.
Once a person becomes born again, they are a child of God. Ephesians 5:1 says that as the children of God, we should imitate God, we should act like God. Now, of course, I am not saying that a Christian is God or is a perfect person, but if we are God's children, shouldn't we act like Him? Ephesians 5:2 goes on to tell us that we should walk in love, and we know God is love (1 John 4:8), so this is definitely one of the ways that we should imitate God. Imitating God in this one area would be a great start for all of us.
How else should we be like God and imitate Him. Well, how would God act or what would He say in a situation? So, how can we be good imitators of God and not just act and talk like we always act and talk? Those are answers we find as we read and study the Bible. The more we fill ourselves with, and act on, God's Word, the more we respond to the direction of the Holy Spirit, and the more we grow and develop spiritually, the more we will be imitators of God. Every child of God should be an imitator of God.
Ephesians 5:1 (NKJV)
Sometimes a person might imitate a celebrity or politician by acting and talking like that celebrity or politician, and some people are very good at doing that. Once, I saw a comedian doing a very funny variation of this. The comedian announced that he would imitate a certain person, but then the comedian just talked and acted like he always did. The comedian did this a couple of times to get the joke across that he could not do imitations, because what he did and said was nothing like the other people he was supposed to be imitating.
Once a person becomes born again, they are a child of God. Ephesians 5:1 says that as the children of God, we should imitate God, we should act like God. Now, of course, I am not saying that a Christian is God or is a perfect person, but if we are God's children, shouldn't we act like Him? Ephesians 5:2 goes on to tell us that we should walk in love, and we know God is love (1 John 4:8), so this is definitely one of the ways that we should imitate God. Imitating God in this one area would be a great start for all of us.
How else should we be like God and imitate Him. Well, how would God act or what would He say in a situation? So, how can we be good imitators of God and not just act and talk like we always act and talk? Those are answers we find as we read and study the Bible. The more we fill ourselves with, and act on, God's Word, the more we respond to the direction of the Holy Spirit, and the more we grow and develop spiritually, the more we will be imitators of God. Every child of God should be an imitator of God.
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