Ephesians (5:1-21)
How to Confront Limitations in Your Pursuit of Imitation:
1- If your imitation of Jesus is not making you into a fragrant aroma of sacrifice for those around you, you're gonna smell funky. You cannot claim the name of Jesus and contradict what he lived, and died for. Sacrifice is the aroma of righteousness and sanctification, and we become the aroma of heaven when we imitate the one who brought heaven to earth. We need less axe body spray and more Sauvage by Dior.
2- You exchange the inheritance Jesus purchased for you every time you imitate the fallen mans pursuit of immorality, impurity, covetousness, and idolatry. The pursuit of the aroma of life in God comes from imitating Him in the fullness of all the Bible says, and the Spirit leads. When we choose to partake in a life of fallen living we sacrifice the inheritance we have in our risen Savior. Wherever there is distance there will always be longing.
3- The truth about light is that it is for both discovering and uncovering. We think it is only about the discovery of God, but it is equal parts about uncovering the parts of me that are not in line with God, and His will for my life. Imitation is the goal, but your flesh and character limitation and deficiency is where the starting line is. Salvation is unto sanctification and transformation. But we must confront the old before we can ever walk in the new.
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