Just Like Jesus…
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have
boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is,
so are we in this world (1 John 4:17).
Our opening verse tells us we’re just like
Jesus. Being born again, we have His life
and nature in our spirits. This has effectively removed
us from the class of ordinary men and placed us in
the class of God; we’re associates of the God-kind;
partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).
You’re not an ordinary person. To consider or
perceive yourself to be ordinary is to say Jesus is
ordinary, and He’s not. He’s the glory of God. He’s the
righteousness and perfection of God revealed. He’s
Himself God. The Bible says “…it pleased the Father
that in him should all fulness dwell” (Colossians
1:19). Colossians 2:9 says, “For in him dwelleth all the
fulness of the Godhead bodily.” But here’s the part
that’s so mind-blowing: the Bible says of His fullness
have we all received, grace heaped upon grace (John
1:16).
We’re full of God as Jesus is full of God, because
we’ve received of His fullness, and that’s not all.
Colossians 2:10 says we’re complete in Him. How
glorious this is! When Jesus walked this earth, He was
God tabernacled in human flesh, full of grace, glory,
and truth. He lived and manifested the supernatural. He
walked on water, tamed the wind and the waves, such
that His disciples, in awe, exclaimed, “What manner
of man is this” (Mark 4:41).
He talked to deaf ears, and they opened. He spoke
to blind eyes, and they responded. He talked to lame
legs, and they revived. He talked to the dead and they
came alive. Now the Bible says, “As He is, so are we
in this world” (1 John 4:17). That means you can think,
walk, talk, and act like Jesus! You’re supernatural and
extraordinary, just like Jesus.
When you say to blind eyes, “Open,” they’ll open
up. When you command the lame to walk, they’ll walk.
You’ve received of His fullness. No wonder He said
in Matthew 10:8, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received,
freely give.” Hallelujah!
Prayer
Blessed Father, thank you for your Word that has lifted and
placed me on a pedestal beyond the ordinary. I acknowledge my
special place in Christ and declare that my life is a manifestation of
your glory! I live in, and manifest the supernatural today and always,
in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further study:
1 Peter 2:9; 1 Corinthians 6:17; John 20:21-23
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 3:1-38
Deuteronomy 16-17
2-YEAR BIBLEREADING PLAN
Romans 1:13-23
Psalm 87-88