1 John 2:6
When Jesus redeemed us with His blood and presented us to the Father in His righteousness, He did not leave us in our old nature to serve God as best we could. No, in Him dwelled the eternal life, the divine life of heaven. Everyone who is in Him receives from Him that same eternal life in its holy heavenly power. So nothing can be more natural than the claim that the person who abides in Jesus, continually receiving life from Him, must also walk as He walked.
This mighty life of God does not work as a blind force, compelling us ignorantly or involuntarily to act like Christ. On the contrary, walking like Him must come as a result of a deliberate choice, sought in strong desire, accepted by a living will.
When He calls us to abide in Him that we may receive that life more abundantly, He points us to His life n earth and tells us that the new life has been bestowed so we will walk as He walked. We are to think, speak, and act as Jesus did. As He was, so we are to be.
What specifically does it men to "walk like Christ" in daily life? How can you more closely follow His example this week?
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