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Discipleship Focus: Imitation
- Imitation: This is the second over-arching step of the discipleship process. First we gain information, then we imitate our spiritual mentor. Imitation leads to innovation of spirituality in our own life.
Why did
Christ come to earth? Of course, the
grand answer to this is so that redemption might come to creation. Without Christ, there is no eternal
forgiveness of sin. Without Christ,
relationship with God is simply not possible.
He came to die so that we might live.
Yet, in
coming to die, He came so that we might have an example. He came so that we could imitate Him. He came so that we could become like
Him. He came so that we could see God’s
power and love and not just follow Him but allow Him to change us so that we
are like Him.
He became
like us so that we might become like Him.
It is really that simple. Why
wouldn’t we be willing to imitate a person who gave up everything including
life itself so that we could live a life more closely related to God?
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