Sunday 25th March 2012 – Imitators of God
Eph 5: 1, 2
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved
children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ
loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant
offering and sacrifice to God.
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Sunday 25th March 2012 – Imitators of God
Rom 12: 2 KJV
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that
ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable,
and perfect, will of God.
Sunday 25th March 2012 – Imitators of God
Genesis 1: 27
So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God he created him; male and female
he created them.
Sunday 25th March 2012 – Imitators of God
Exodus 20: 4, 5 KJV
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, or any likeness of any thing that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth.
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous
God …
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Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone besmear'd with sluttish time.
From Sonnet 55
By William Shakespeare
Let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us.
(Psalm 90: 17 KJV)
Sunday 25th March 2012 – Imitators of God
Sunday 25th March 2012 – Imitators of God
1 Cor 4: 16:
Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
1 Cor 11: 1
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
1 Thess 1: 6
You became imitators of us and of the Lord
Heb 6: 12
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who
through faith and patience inherit what has been promised
Heb 12: 2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our
faith
Sunday 25th March 2012 – Imitators of God
Christ in you …
Col 1: 27:
Christ in you, the hope of glory
Phil 2: 5 KJV
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus
Eph 3: 17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith
John 14: 17
But you know him, for he lives with you and will be
in you.