1 Corinthians 11:1 –
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Ephesians 5:1 –
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Many times, the Apostle Paul admonishes us to follow him as he followed Christ. He wrote of us being Changed to the Image of Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
So how do we follow Christ/Paul? We must know who and what the man Jesus Christ was as He walked on the earth in a human body and how Paul followed him.
Christ was HUMBLE —– Matthew 18:4; Phil 2:3-11
Paul was — 2 Corinthians 12:21
I must be — Colossians 3:12
Christ was FORGIVING —– Luke 23:34
Paul was — 2 Corinthians 2:10
I must be — 2 Corinthians 2:7; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13
Christ was ZEALOUS —– John 2:17; 9:4
Paul was — Galatians 1:14
I must be — Titus 2:14; 1 Corinthians 14:12
Christ was PRAYERFUL —– Matthew 14:23; 26:36
Paul was — Ephesians 1:16
I must be — 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Romans 12:12
Christ was COMPASSIONATE —– Matthew 9:36; 14:14
Paul was — 2 Corinthians 7:16; Philippians 2:17
I must be — Romans 12:15
Christ was UNRATALIATORY —– Matthew 26:59-68
Paul was — Romans 5:1; 8:6
I must be — Romans 12:8; 17-21
Christ was SUBMISSIVE —– Matthew 6:10; Luke 22:42
Paul was — 1 Corinthians 4:21; Galatians 6:1
I must be — Ephesians 5:21
Christ was SERVING —– Matthew 20:28
Paul was — Romans 1:9; 7:5
I must be — Romans 7:6; Galatians 5:13; Colossians 3:24
Christ was GIVING —– Matthew 20:28
Paul was — Romans 12:13; 16:4
I must be — Galatians 6:7-9
Christ was BURDENED —– Luke 19:41
Paul was — 2 Timothy 2:9; 4:16
I must be — Galatians 6:2
Then with the Apostle Paul we may say “According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:20-21)
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