Sermos imitadores de Cristo
Ser imitador de Cristo é o chamado supremo do cristão. Paulo exortou: 'Sede meus imitadores, como eu sou de Cristo.' Fomos criados à imagem de Deus para refletir seu caráter.
Imitar a Cristo
Sede imitadores de Deus como filhos amados. Cristo se esvaziou e se humilhou — esse é o padrão que devemos seguir.
1 Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
5 Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,6 who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal to God something to seize and hold.7 But he emptied himself, having taken a form of a bondman, having become in a likeness of men.8 And having been found in a form like a man, he lowered himself, having become obedient until death, even of death from a cross.
1 Become ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
6 And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of Holy Spirit,
Criados à imagem de Deus
Deus nos criou à sua imagem e semelhança. Adorar em espírito e verdade é viver refletindo o caráter do Criador.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image--after our likeness--and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.