Christ-likeness
The most deeply felt obligation on earth is that which the Christian feels to imitate our Savior. (Albert Barnes)
The expression of Christian character is not good doing, but God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has transformed you within, you will exhibit divine characteristics in your life, not good human characteristics. God's life in us expresses itself as God's life, not as human life trying to be godly. The secret of a Christian is that the supernatural is made natural in him or her by the grace of God, and the experience of this works out in the practical details of life, not in times of communion with God. (Oswald Chambers)
To become like Christ is the only thing in the world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain. Those only who make this quest the supreme desire and passion of their lives can even begin to hope to reach it. (John Drummond)
If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you? (David Fuller)
Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ. (Billy Graham)
God creates out of nothing. Therefore until a man or woman is nothing God can make nothing out of him or her. (it's called surrendering to God) (Martin Luther)
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. (Lucretia Mott)
On account of Him there have come to be many Christs in the world, even all who, like Him, loved righteousness and hated iniquity. (Origen of Alexandria)
If Christ lives in us, controlled our personalities, we will leave glorious marks on the lives we touch. Not because of our lovely characters, but because of His. (Eugenia Price)
We cannot help conforming ourselves to what we love. (St. Francis de Sales)
To be like Christ. That is our goal, plain and simple. It sounds like a peaceful, relaxing, easy objective. But stop and think. He learned obedience by the things He suffered. So must we. It is neither easy nor quick nor natural. It is impossible in the flesh, slow in coming, and supernatural in scope. Only Christ can accomplish it within us. (Charles Swindoll)
You and I were created to tell the truth about God by reflecting His likeness. That is normality. How many lies have you told about God today? (Ian Thomas)
To be like Christ is to be a Christian. (William Penn)
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