Good morning. Yesterday we
saw that Jesus suffered for us even though: who committed no sin, nor was any
deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in
return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to
Him who judges righteously. How could He do that? We would be screaming our
innocence. We would be refuting any so-called evidence. He even went to the
point that: He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross that we might die
to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. He did not
bear our sins so that we could do just as we please. That would have been a
terrible waste. He did it so that we might die not only to sin's effects but
also to it's lure. We should have no desire to sin. As always it is not just to
keep us from doing wrong. He leads us into doing right. We are to live to
righteousness. And then that famous glorious statement: for by His wounds you
were healed. And of course those that do not believe that healing is for today
say that the next verse shows that we were healed spiritually, not physically.
I will take it to mean both ways. The word can mean either way. Now the verse
they use to say it means a spiritual healing: for you were continually straying
like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your
souls. Father thank You that the reader is healed by the stripes of Jesus
Christ. Everything he/she needs is his/hers in abundance!
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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