Walk Like Jesus: Walking the ‘Jesus Walk’

-1 John 2.6; Matthew 11.28-30; Philippians 2.5-11-

What if, for one day, Jesus were to become you? What if, for 24 hours, Jesus wakes up in your bed, walks in your shoes, lives in your house, assumes your schedule? Your boss becomes His boss, your mother becomes His mother, your pains become His pains? With one exception, nothing about your life changes. Your health doesn’t change. Your circumstances don’t change. Your schedule isn’t altered. Your problems aren’t solved. Only one change occurs. What if, for one day and night, Jesus lives your life with HIS heart? Your heart gets the day off, and your life is led by the heart of Christ. His priorities govern your actions. His passions drive your decisions. His love directs your behaviors. What would you be like?

 -Max Lucado, ‘Just Like Jesus’-

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[1 JOHN 2.6] - Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. (NLT] | Whoever says he lives in Christ [that is, whoever says he has accepted Him as God and Savior] ought to walk and conduct himself just as He walked and conducted Himself. (Amplified Bible) | The one who says he remains in him should walk just as he walked. (Christian Standard Bible) | If we say we are his, we must follow the example of Christ. (Contemporary English Version) | Whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked. (English Standard Version) | 

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[MATTHEW 11.28-30] - 28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

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You just simply followed your Rabbi, oftentimes having no idea where you were going, because it was never about the destination, it was always about the journey.

-Brad Gray-

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WALK LIKE JESUS - peripateo | ‘following, making progress, regulating one’s life, or conducting oneself’ after the pattern of another person.

‘FOLLOW ME’ - akoloutheo | ‘walk in the steps of’ ‘conform to’ ‘follow behind closely’

[PHILIPPIANS 2.5-11] - 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. 6 Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God

as something to cling to. 7 Instead, He gave up his divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, 8 He humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. 9 Therefore, God elevated Him to the place of highest honor and gave Him the name above all other names, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

WHERE DID JESUS’ STEPS LEAD HIM?

>HIS STEPS LED HIM TO BEING DIRECTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT [LUKE 4.1, 14, 18]

>HIS STEPS LED HIM TO A LIFE OF PRAYER [LUKE 6.12]

>HIS STEPS LED HIM TO OBEDIENCE IN ALL THINGS [MATTHEW 3.15-17]

>HIS STEPS LED HIM TO EXALTING THE FATHER IN ALL THINGS

>HIS STEPS LED HIM TO RELATIONSHIPS BUILT ON LOVE

His Steps Led Him To Those Who Were Least, Last, & Lost

>HIS STEPS LED HIM TO THE CROSS

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We often hire Jesus as our Savior, but we just as quickly fire Him as our Teacher.

-Jeff Manion-