Imitate God

“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. (Eph. 5:1 NLT)

Imitate: to follow as a pattern, model, or example. To copy, duplicate, echo or mirror. Greek: γίνεσθε (ginesthe) According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as. 

As children naturally copy their parent’s pattern of behavior and actions, as God’s children, we are to imitate God in everything we do. Jesus personally demonstrated this as well as did the Apostle Paul. 

Jesus’s Christ’s example

 “Jesus gave them this answer: ‘Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.’” (John 5:19 NIV)

Apostle Paul’s example

“And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.” (1 Cor. 11:1 NLT)

Therefore…

“Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.” (Eph. 5:2 NLT)