1 John 2:6 Whoever claims to live
in him must live as Jesus did.
We will never be able
to live our lives as Jesus lived his life perfectly when he was on this earth.
God does not expect that because He knows we can't live a perfect life. We are
not saved by our works or deeds because if we were all of us would be lacking,
in a most drastic manner. Since we cannot live a life that would gain us access
into the Kingdom of God then, “what must we do to be saved” (Acts 16:29-31).
This was a question that was asked by a jailer that had been holding Paul and
Silas in custody, until in response to the two missionaries praying and singing
hymns an earthquake shook the foundation of the prison and opened all the
doors. The Roman jailer must have recognized this as a miracle from God and he
was most likely thinking that there must be some great work or devout ceremony
that would usher him into the arms of Christ Jesus. Paul’s answer to that
inquiry was as simple as the Gospel of Christ Jesus is simple, "believe
in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved —you and your household " (Acts
16:31).Believing in Christ Jesus means that we believe that He was God in the flesh when He was on this earth. We believe that He was and is the promised Messiah that would come to the earth to save the world from their sins. Believing in Christ Jesus means that we seek a constant and close relationship with Him every heartbeat of our lives. Some believe that they might need to change their lives and start going to church to be saved. We do not have the ability or the capacity to change our lives, only Christ can do that. Believing in Christ Jesus means that we love Him with all of our hearts, minds, bodies, spirits, and souls. Obedience to the Word of God reveals the nature of our relationship with Christ Jesus (John 15:14; John 14:15).
God is in a gradual process of conforming us into the image of His Son, that is why our object should be to “live as Jesus did.” Any righteousness that we have within our being is the righteousness of Christ Jesus, we have no righteousness of our own because self-righteousness is saying to God that we don’t need the indwelling of His Holy Spirit to lead guide and direct our lives, we can do that on our own. As followers and believers in Christ Jesus we must be ever alert to the problem of self-righteousness. If we allow ourselves to believe that we are somehow above being self-righteous, this could very well be an indication that we are.
The seeds that we sow as we move down the furrows of life should bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).
We will never reach the goal of living a Christ-like life in the here and now, but God sees our hearts and if our hearts are fully surrendered to Jesus, we will see a closer walk with Christ Jesus today than we knew yesterday, and a closer walk tomorrow than we know today.
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