Mirror Image.
Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day. You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.
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Ben Kingsley was the actor who starred as the main character in the motion picture GANDHI. He spent months preparing for the role, visiting the various Indian locales Gandhi had frequented. He even learned to spin cotton thread on a wooden wheel while holding conversations as Gandhi did.
If you see the movie you will notice, the physical resemblance between Gandhi and Kingsley was almost startling; a carbon copy.
After filming a scene in a village south of Delhi, Kingsley stepped out of a car, and an elderly peasant knelt to touch his feet. Embarrassed, Kingsley explained that he was merely an actor playing Gandhi.
'We know,' replied the villager, 'but through you, Gandhi will surely live again.'"
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As Christians, if we truly follow and serve the Lord, we will become more and more in every way like Christ.
May God help us to so live that others will see the likeness of Jesus in us – as this is by far the most powerful and effective witness of our Christian faith that any one of us could ever have, because we are made in His likeness and image.
"Instead, we will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.” – Ephesians 4:15.
Let us live like we are worth the price Jesus paid for each one of us.
Blessed Day!
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day. You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.
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Ben Kingsley was the actor who starred as the main character in the motion picture GANDHI. He spent months preparing for the role, visiting the various Indian locales Gandhi had frequented. He even learned to spin cotton thread on a wooden wheel while holding conversations as Gandhi did.
If you see the movie you will notice, the physical resemblance between Gandhi and Kingsley was almost startling; a carbon copy.
After filming a scene in a village south of Delhi, Kingsley stepped out of a car, and an elderly peasant knelt to touch his feet. Embarrassed, Kingsley explained that he was merely an actor playing Gandhi.
'We know,' replied the villager, 'but through you, Gandhi will surely live again.'"
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As Christians, if we truly follow and serve the Lord, we will become more and more in every way like Christ.
May God help us to so live that others will see the likeness of Jesus in us – as this is by far the most powerful and effective witness of our Christian faith that any one of us could ever have, because we are made in His likeness and image.
"Instead, we will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.” – Ephesians 4:15.
Let us live like we are worth the price Jesus paid for each one of us.
Blessed Day!
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