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 imitators of God as beloved children.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider clinging, to be equal with God,7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.8 And being found comprised as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
1 Be imitators of me, just as I am also of Christ.
6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received 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 Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the flying creatures of the heavens, and over the beasts, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that moves on the earth.
24 God is Spirit, and those who do homage to Him must do homage in spirit and truth.