Imitate Jesus!

September 25, 2023 Monday Message:

Philippians 2:12b NLT: “Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.”

Did you just hear about Jesus or were you changed for the better? True believers have been radically transformed into different, better persons than the ones who first heard the Gospel.

Christians do their best to imitate the life of Jesus, loving their neighbors and being helpful and encouraging. I should point out that before Jesus, most people were just out for themselves. This practice of being helpful and nice was new. But people witnessed this changed behavior and liked what they saw. They wanted to join in. They wanted what the believers had, which was a much better life following the example of Jesus. So sign them up!

Paul’s message teaches us to be intentional about this reformed behavior. Go out of your way to show kindness. Figure out what you could do that would be helpful, and do it on purpose. Do your best to imitate the “Jesus model” for life.

Lead by example and others will follow!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship