“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 2:5 KJV
“Learn of Me,” says Jesus; “for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest, Matthew 11:29.” We are to enter the school of Christ, to learn from Him meekness and lowliness. Redemption is that process by which the soul is trained for heaven.
This training means a knowledge of Christ. It means emancipation (freedom, deliverance) from ideas, habits, and practices that have been gained in the school of the prince of darkness. The soul must be delivered from all that is opposed to loyalty to God.”
Desire of Ages pg. 50
Who of us is faithfully following the Pattern (of Christ)? Who of us has instituted and continued the warfare against pride of heart? Who of us has, in good earnest, brought himself to wrestle with selfishness until it should no longer dwell in the heart and be revealed in the life?
Would to God the lessons given us, as we view the cross of Christ and see the signs fulfilling which bring us near to the Judgment, might be so impressed upon our hearts as to render us more humble, more self-denying, more kind to one another, less self-caring, less critical, and more willing to bear one another’s burdens than we are today.
As a people, we are departing from the simplicity of the faith and from the purity of the Gospel. Many are in great peril. Unless they change their course, they will be severed from the True Vine, John 15:5, as useless branches. Brethren and Sisters…..we are standing upon the threshold of the eternal world. We need now to gain victories at every step.
Testimonies for the Church, volume 5, pg. 18
“The example of our Lord Jesus Christ is set before us. We must resemble Him in His life, if we would have the benefit of His death.”
Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary, Philippians 2:5
“We are to make the Lord Jesus our model, and are in all respects to frame our lives, as far as possible, in accordance with this great example.”
Albert Barnes, Notes on the Whole Bible
What is a Christian, if not a follower of Christ?
The Apostle Peter tells us that Christ left us an example that we should follow in His steps, 1 Peter 2:21, and John further tells us that whosoever says that “he abides in Him, ought himself to walk even as He walked, 1 John 2:6.
It was at Antioch that the Disciples were first called Christians, Acts 11:20-21, and why? Because they copied the life and example of their Master, Christ, reflecting His image as the Spirit worked in their hearts to transform them into His nature.
Therefore brethren, may we likewise do the same.
Be doers of the Word and not hearers only.
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