Second Corinthians 5:17 therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things to come. The
problem is we still think like that old creature; and so we act like that old
creature. And we also react like that old creature to things that are said and
done. We have to be transformed like a caterpillar into a butterfly by the
renewing of our mind as in Romans 12:2. We won't act like a new creature until
we start thinking like a new creature.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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