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but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence
1 Peter 3:15, NASB1995
Christ came to be our example, and He also sent His Spirit to indwell us and help us answer those who question the faith. May we seek Him to know Him and make Him known.
For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name.
Luke 1:49, NASB1995
Christ came to be our example, and, more than that, He came to redeem us and make us holy. Give Him praise as we live out His sacrificial love.
O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
Isaiah 25:1, NASB1995
Christ came to be our example and Savior, and it was no accident. It was planned in eternity, prophesied for centuries, and fulfilled on the cross. Believe in Jesus and seek to emulate Him.
“Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.”
Acts 10:43, NASB1995
Christ was more than an example for us in sacrificial love, He was the fulfillment of the Mosaic Law and many prophecies that we might believe God came to us to save us.
In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.
Hebrews 5:7, NASB1995
Christ came to be our example in all things, especially in sacrificial love, showing us the closeness of God through prayer even and especially in difficult times.
“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28, NASB1995
We are called to be like Christ, and, even being God, He took it upon Himself to serve others.
Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:8, NASB1995
We seek God because of His great love and grace, but we must also seek all His truth, not just what we like. Following His truth is how we show we love Him.
But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing
Matthew 6:3, NASB1995
When we seek God truly, we want to give to others to help them, bot merely to do good things, because we know Chrost was good to us first. May we seek the heart of God above and in all.
Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
John 14:6, NASB1995
We seek God if we are open to the full truth, and Jesus says He is the only Way, Truth, and Life that can be found and save us. If we seek truth, we will want to share Jesus with the world.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16, NASB1995
We seek God who is our salvation, and we are tasked with sharing Christ to help others believe, as well.
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