- The Paradox of History
- The Essence of God
- Raw Material
- Available People
- Humility
- Spiritual Gifts
- Meekness
- Baptisms
- Three Functions of the Believer
- Ambassadorship
- Seven Figures of Christ and the Church
- The Mature Believer and Personal Accountability
- Tongues as a Spiritual Gift
- Prophecies of Jesus Christ in the Psalms
- The Perspective of Grace
- Discipleship
- Blessing and Reward
- How to Redeem Time
- Dispensations Timeline
- The Rapture
- The Day of the Lord and The Day of Christ
- The Good Fight of Faith
- Suffering
- Decisions
- No Truce
- Peace
- 10 Principles of Warfare
- God is Able, God Is Faithful
- Present Session of Christ
- Religion: The Enemy’s Ace
- Power In Us
- Faith
- Small Things
- Five Techniques (to spirituality)
- Eight Sabbaths
- Faith-rest
- Strange Tests
- Daily Disciplines
- The Faith-rest Technique
- Three Sources of Temptation
- Divine Wisdom
- The Value of Wisdom
- Evil
- The Royal Code
- The Character of Grace
- The Cross to the Crown
- Water and the Spirit
- Spirituality
- Synonomous Terms
- Reversionism and Recovery
- Soul Strengths and Soul Kinks
- Discipline
- Seven Steps of Spiritual Advance
- The Race of Life
- The Will of God
- The Old Sin Nature
- Energized Prayer
- Abiding: Absolute Thinking
- God’s Faithfulness
- Salvation in The Book of James
- “All things work together …”
- Biblical Spirituality
- Dispensations
- Death
- Endurance
- Essence of God Acronym
- Eternal Security
- Fellowship with God
- Five Commands for Christian Soldiers
- Five Factors of Effective Faith
- Five Techniques of the Christian Way of Life
- Five works of the Holy Spirit
- Five Works of the Spirit in Regard to the Word
- Free Will
- Freedom
- God is Able
- God Revealed
- Greek
- Hebrew Words for Faith
- Hermeneutics
- Imitation of Christ
- Man’s Barrier with God
- Parakaleo
- Seven Steps of Spiritual Recovery
- Seven Steps of Spiritual Retreat
- Spiritual Flexibility
- Spiritual Rest
- Stages of Spiritual Growth
- Take up Your Cross and Follow Him
- The Blood of Christ
- The Call of God
- The Daily Care of the Soul
- The Doctrine of Sin
- The Good Soldier of Jesus Christ
- Christ’s Work on the Cross
- The Church
- The Holy Spirit and Christ
- The I AM Sayings of Christ
- The Importance of the Word of God
- The Overcomer
- The Plan of God
- The Spirit in the Old Testament
- The Way of Salvation
- The Way to be Salt and Light
- The Words of Jesus
- The Work of Christ on the Cross
- Using the Physical to Learn the Spiritual
- Ways of Learning
- The Christian Way of Life
- The Christian Walk
- Scriptural Proof of the Pre-tribulation Rapture
- The Five Crowns
- Jesus Christ in the Tabernacle
Imitation of Christ
Imitation is the foundation of discipleship, the surest and quickest method of training.
- (1Co. 4:16) “I exhort you therefore, be imitators of me.” The Corinthians could imitate Paul, for he was imitating Jesus Christ.
- (1Co. 11:1) “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.” Here the imitation has to do with self-sacrifice for the cause of the ministry (1Co. 10:23-33). As the believer imitates Christ he reflects the character of the invisible God.
- (Eph. 5:1) “Therefore, be imitators of God as beloved children.” In the context here the imitation specifically relates to God’s love expressed in forgiveness (Eph 4:32, Eph 5:2). Paul illustrates the fact that the minister of God’s Word is to be an example to those he teaches.
- (1Pe. 5:2-3) “Shepherd the flock of God…nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.” To become an EXAMPLE you first must be an IMITATOR.
- (1Th. 1:6-7) “You also became IMITATORS of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an EXAMPLE to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.“
Imitation is the primary teaching method of Jesus Christ. (1Pe. 2:21) “For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps.”
The call “Follow Me” was used by ancient Rabbis to call their disciples to a life of learning by imitation. (Mat. 4:19; Joh 21:19, Joh 21:22)
- (Mar. 3:14) tells us that “He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him…“, the emphasis being on association.
- According to (Mat. 10:24-25) and (Luk. 6:40) the principle of imitation is conformity, “A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.“
- This principle was fulfilled when the training of the disciples was finally completed. (Act 4:13) “Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John, and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were marveling, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.“
Therefore, the quest of the pastor-teacher must be to imitate Christ, and to be imitated in faith. (Heb. 13:7) “Remember those who led you, who communicated the Word of God to you; and considering the outcome of their conduct, imitate their faith.“