"Imitators of God..."

December 2, 2014

“Imitators of God…”

Blessings folk!!

We press on through Ephesians.

The next word in the Word is always a profound Word to which much attention must be given.
“Therefore…”
A term of conclusion.
An expression…”in light of…”, “in consideration of the previous…”
As the ole saying goes “when you see ‘therefore’, look to see what it is there for”.
Poor grammar.
Good point.

Ephesians 5:1
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.


We are told what to do.
Imitate God.
Think on that for a moment.
What does it mean?
The Lord tells us repeatedly to “be ye holy for I Am holy”.
We are be holy.
We are to live as the Lord directs.
We are to imitate Him.
Not others.
Not the world.
Not the old self.
We are to imitate the Most High God.

We are able to imitate because we are beloved children.
We, True Believers, are His offspring.
We are empowered by the very Presence of God in us...the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, we are called to allow Him to live out life through us.

This is how we imitate God.
We die to self.
We live in Him.

Anything else will fail.