This article is called , “Would Anyone Want To Be Like You?” Who do you want to be like? Now dear reader, that is a very serious question. There are to many arrogant people who are full of pride, and thinks they so special everyone should have a great desire to be just like them or associate with them. I do understand there are people that we may know and respect and they have traits and qualities in their life that we often wish we had. And some people have hero’s. I am simply and old dirty rotten sinner, saved by the grace of God and I want to be more like “JESUS.” I believe that is Biblical and every real Christian should have the same desire. Neither do I want to fail God but I do. I also know I fail God or others because I am saved, but I still have a sinful human nature and sometimes it wins.
HOW CAN I BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS?
That is a very worthy goal. As got questions says, “God’s desire for all who know Him is for us to become more like Christ. We do this by first growing in our knowledge of Christ. It stands to reason that we cannot grow to be like someone we don’t know. The deeper our knowledge of Christ, the deeper our understanding of Him, and the more like Him we become. Among other reasons, we are to know and understand Christ so that we will be secure in the faith.
The Apostle Paul reiterates this truth in Ephesians 4:14-16: “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” This fact is repeated once more in2 Peter 3:17-18: “Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.” These passages show us that growing in the knowledge of Christ will preserve us from faith-destroying error.
Of course, knowledge alone will not produce a Christlike character. The knowledge we gain from God’s Word must impact our hearts and convict us of the need to obey what we have learned. Romans 12:1-2 tells us emphatically that the process of filling our minds with the knowledge of God not only brings us closer to Christlikeness, but obedience to that knowledge aligns us with the perfect will of God: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
The natural consequence of knowing and obeying God is that He becomes greater and greater, while we become less and less as we yield control of our lives to Him. Just as John the Baptist knew that “[Jesus] must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30), so the Christian grows to reflect more of Christ and less of his own nature. Luke sums it up best when he describes what Jesus told His disciples: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it” (Luke 9:23-24). The cross was an instrument of death, and Jesus encourages us to take up our cross in order to put to death our old sin nature upon it. God wants us to forget about this world and all its temporary pleasures and be obedient to His Word. Jesus is the living Word (John 1:1), and the Bible is God’s written Word. Therefore, conforming to the Word of God is conforming to Christ.
It is important to realize that becoming more like Christ starts by receiving Him as Savior from our sins. Then we grow in our knowledge of God by reading the Bible daily, studying it, and being obedient to what it says. This process causes us to grow and occurs over an entire lifetime in Christ. Only when we have entered Heaven for eternity with God does this process reach its culmination.”
I have lived here in my house 40 some years and my next door neighbor name Jimmy almost 40 years. I have told numerous people that Jimmy is the best man that I know. In all the years of being my friend and neighbor, I HAVE NEVER HEARD HIM SAY ONE BAD WORD AGAINST OR ABOUT ANYONE—-NO BODY. I admire and respect that, I do know it cannot be easy. I consider it a true gift that God has given him. He has more patience than any man I have ever known. If someone is talking to him and is really putting another person down, Jimmy will never reply or talk down regarding anyone. Jimmy now has many serious health conditions but he will never complain about any of it.
Titus 3:1-4 “3. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared.” He is a true example of what a Christian man should be, in my opinon. We should all strive to be like Jesus. AMEN.
CONCLUSION
I am not who I want to be. I want to be more like Jesus. I want to be a man that God can use, and lead others to Him. I want this website to be useful to God and lead people to Christ. I ask God to use it for His glory. Any article that I write, I want Gods hand and mine guiding me. What if I could help make a difference in someones life or lead them to Salvation in Christ? Let me ask you this.
Will You, turn from yourself and turn to God, for FORGIVENESS and have a personal relationship with Him. God will save you and give you eternal life with him just as He did with me. It’s all yours for the asking. Again Romans 10:13 “For who so ever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Will you, Bow your heart, turn to Him, and ASK, CALL ON HIM. He will instantly SAVE YOU. JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM SIN. YOU CAN BE GODS CHILDREN, SAVED AND FORGIVEN FOR ALL ETERNITY.
Has God Saved you and sealed you? Has He sealed you unto the day He takes you home? If you have asked, called upon God, for forgiveness of sin and Salvation, please let me know below in the comment section, so I can rejoice with you. Your thoughts, opinions and comments are welcome so leave them below in the comment section. Now please listen to this beautiful song below. RAY
There are to many arrogant people who are full of pride, and thinks they so special everyone should have a great desire to be just like them or associate with them. I do understand there are people that we may know and respect and they have traits and qualities in their life that we often wish we had. And some people have hero’s. I am simply and old dirty rotten sinner, saved by the grace of God and I want to be more like “JESUS.” I believe that is Biblical and every real Christian should have the same desire. Neither do I want to fail God but I do. I also know I fail God or others because I am saved, but I still have a sinful human nature and sometimes it wins. 
life with him just as He did with me. It’s all yours for the asking. Again Romans 10:13 “For who so ever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Will you, Bow your heart, turn to Him, and ASK, CALL ON HIM. He will instantly SAVE YOU. JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM SIN. YOU CAN BE GODS CHILDREN, SAVED AND FORGIVEN FOR ALL ETERNITY.