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 Therefore be followers of God, as dear children.
5 For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,6 who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal with God,7 but made Himself of no reputation, and took [upon Himself] the form of a servant, and was made in [the] likeness of men.8 And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself [and] became obedient unto death, even [the] death of the cross.
1 Be imitators of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.
6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, welcoming the word in much affliction, with joy of [the] 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 fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.
24 God [is] a spirit, and they who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.