0737. FOLLOWERS OF GOD

FOLLOWERS OF GOD

"Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children" (Eph_5:1).

The root idea here is the imitation of God. We cannot imitate those we do not know. To imitate God we most know Him, and to know Him means eternal life, without which we can in no way resemble Him. Imitating God means the manifestation of a life which is Divine. Christ was the perfect image of His Father. He must so live in us that this Divine imitation may be begotten in our character and lives. He has left us an example, that we should follow His steps. It is so much easier imitating some eminent Christian than Christ, and in so doing become self-satisfied. Are we imitating God in His compassion for the perishing, in His jealousy for His own glory, in His mercy and longsuffering, in His self-sacrificing love?

Autor: James Smith