1 John 2:6 “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”
A person who claims to be a Christian should live and love like Christ. One who claims to be a Christian will ask, “What Would Jesus Do?” As Christians, we have Jesus living in us so His life is to be lived out of us! If we claim to believe in Him we live like Him! If we talk the talk about being a Christian we walk the walk of living like Christ!
The claim to believe and belong to Christ is to be backed up with behavior like Christ!
Taking it to the next level, we ask what living like Jesus looks like. For instance, when it comes to loving people who does Jesus love? John 3:16 says He loves the world. He loves everyone! Therefore, not loving someone whom Jesus loves does not match the Christian/s lifestyle.
When it comes to extending forgiveness, we read in Ephesians 4:32 that we are to forgive one another as Christ forgave. Failure to forgive does not match the Christian’s lifestyle.
When it comes to helping others, Jesus said He came to serve and Paul wrote we are to serve one another. Being selfish and self-centered does not match the Christian lifestyle.
Jesus told His disciples to love one another as He had loved them. This was so important that He said it would be the definitive mark of the Christian. To not love a fellow Christian does not fit.
The call to live and love like Jesus may be challenging but know that it is the expectation. John is not alone in this instruction. Paul said in Ephesians 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.”
In Colossians 2:6 we read, “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.”
Are you asking WWJD? (What would Jesus Do) Are you DWJD? (Doing What Jesus Did) Are you LLJL? (Loving Like Jesus Loved)
The claim to believe and belong to Christ is to be backed up with behavior like Christ!
Continue Strong walking the talk,
And remember to DATE The Word