Green Pastures-To Be Like Him!

To be like Him!

"that I may know HIM, and the power of His resurrection And the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death (Phil.3:10).

What is it that should, and must, claim the first-rate energies, attentional affections, and priorities of our lives as individual believers and as a collective group called the church ? The number one priority is to be like Jesus, to take on the personage Of Jesus who lives within each believer. Our supreme affections and attentions should be given to the joy of allowing Jesus to live through our lives.

Too many of us are living on the right side of Easter and the wrong side of Pentecost.
Too many of us are living on the right side of pardon and on the wrong side of power.
Too many of us are living on the right side of forgiveness - but on the wrong side of fellowship.
Too many of us are living outside of Egypt - but not living inside of Canaan with a life filled with milk and honey.
What comes first in your life ? What comes first in the life of your church ? Was it hard to determine ? Difficult to word simply ? Are you pleased with this priority of life ? Does it ''Square'' with Bible - teaching? Would our Lord be pleased with your priority ?

The Personage of Jesus Regardless of what else happens in us,the most important thing is to be like Jesus. Our goal must be Jesus! The beginning for the child of God is the day he is saved. That glorious day when they were born again is not a matter of just joining a church, being baptized, or serving in the activity of the church. All these are vital, but the beginning is when we give our hearts, lives, souls and livings to Jesus. If we fail here, we fail everywhere. Has there been this salvation-beginning in your life ? For a captain who does not know where his ship is going, no wind is a good wind. Remember, to fail here is to fail everywhere. To try to go on without this beginning is tragic. But once salvation has been settled, then there are some other steps to taking on the personage of Jesus.

Firstly, Consistency in testimony: We may style our clothing in the best shops, but our testimony must be styled in Jesus. If we, and our churches, are to take on the personage of Jesus, there must be possession to match profession, talk to match walk, works to match words, practice to match preaching, and demonstration to match explanation. As with Jesus that which has been received must be revealed. This faith of ours must have a life side as well as a lip side. To our religion and redemption there must come to reality a constancy in testimony. The world waits. you have to decide.

	To be like Him! "that I may know HIM, and the power of His resurrection And the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death (Phil.3:10). What is it that should, and must, claim the first-rate energies, attentional affections, and priorities of our lives as individual believers and as a collective group called the church ? The number one priority is to be like Jesus, to take on the personage Of Jesus who lives within each believer. Our supreme affections and attentions should be given to the joy of allowing Jesus to live through our lives. Too many of us are living on the right side of Easter and the wrong side of Pentecost. Too many of us are living on the right side of pardon and on the wrong side of power. Too many of us are living on the right side of forgiveness - but on the wrong side of fellowship. Too many of us are living outside of Egypt - but not living inside of Canaan with a life filled with milk and honey. What comes first in your life ? What comes first in the life of your church ? Was it hard to determine ? Difficult to word simply ? Are you pleased with this priority of life ? Does it ''Square'' with Bible - teaching? Would our Lord be pleased with your priority ? The Personage of Jesus Regardless of what else happens in us,the most important thing is to be like Jesus. Our goal must be Jesus! The beginning for the child of God is the day he is saved. That glorious day when they were born again is not a matter of just joining a church, being baptized, or serving in the activity of the church. All these are vital, but the beginning is when we give our hearts, lives, souls and livings to Jesus. If we fail here, we fail everywhere. Has there been this salvation-beginning in your life ? For a captain who does not know where his ship is going, no wind is a good wind. Remember, to fail here is to fail everywhere. To try to go on without this beginning is tragic. But once salvation has been settled, then there are some other steps to taking on the personage of Jesus. Firstly, Consistency in testimony: We may style our clothing in the best shops, but our testimony must be styled in Jesus. If we, and our churches, are to take on the personage of Jesus, there must be possession to match profession, talk to match walk, works to match words, practice to match preaching, and demonstration to match explanation. As with Jesus that which has been received must be revealed. This faith of ours must have a life side as well as a lip side. To our religion and redemption there must come to reality a constancy in testimony. The world waits. you have to decide.
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