Today’s Thought “Loving Yourself?” G. Ward

2 Corinthians 5

²¹ He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

 

Christ as our Exemplar Leader would place everyone before Himself, while forsaking retribution against His persecutors for slapping and hitting Him, along with tolerating being hated, blatantly (including unjust lying on Him) and would mostly be looked upon with no less a figure of great stardom, equivalent to the greatest magician. Any that place their faith in Him as Lord, are called to imitate Him (Eph.5:1-2). If that’s so, is our awakening more excited to exist in such a fleshy, chaotic state (i.e., so inconsistent in walking in the Spirit of Christ – Gal.5:16-24), celebratory of existing in a strange land where there’s such lack in moral absolutes so pervasive (2 Cor.5:1-5)? Or, should we be encouraged through His example in earth, modeling compassion as our newest, spiritual view that even witnesses the non-compliant (as who we were before He washed us); believing that what He’s done for me, may certainly be deliverable unto them (*1 Cor.6:9-11)? Am I available to that (vs.20)?