Good morning. When I was a child, I used to speak like a child,
think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with
childish things. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. My
Bible says that the imagery is of a polished metal (probably bronze) mirror in
which one could receive only an imperfect reflection in contrast to seeing the
Lord directly and clearly in heaven. That is so true. No matter how “mature“
we’ve become in the Lord, we still only see dimly. What about the word “then“?
When is “then“? The closest reference is “when the perfect comes”. If that is
what it is talking about, the “perfect“ could not be the New Testament in its
complete form, because we don’t yet see “face to face”. Again, if the “perfect“
is Jesus, then tongues and the gifts of the Spirit have not yet ceased. Father
help us to see You clearly and to be conformed to the image you see us being.
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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