The Likeness of Christ

Thought For Today - April 2
The Likeness Of Christ  -  By: Robert A. Searles
     As Jesus our Savior was  the image of the  invisible God when he was on earth, so we as Christians ought to bear the image of Christ in our bodies while our Lord is now back in heaven with the Father.  We are to be witnesses of him even as he was a revelation and a witness of the  Father. A  witness is one who shows forth or proclaims to be true that which is, and that which is true.
      Someone has said that  we  tend to become like that which we behold, and affix our thoughts upon; then if this is indeed true, we need to be  constantly beholding the lamb  of God that taketh away the sins of the world, and by steadfastly fixing our gaze upon him, let his image be formed in us that the world in which we live and have to do will see a reflection of the living Christ in us.  And by our yielding  our mortal bodies to  him they might truly  be his holy  temple wherein dwelleth the presence of the  Holly Spirit and righteous God, established in the faith  and resting securely upon the word of God.
  If we are to be witnesses, then: “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him, Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after  Christ.  For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.  And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.” Colossians 2: 6-10.
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