Jesus’ Perfect Life Provides Christians a Perfect Example to Imitate.
There are numerous benefits received because of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. John 1:14 says, “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” Jesus Christ displayed the glory of God in a unique and tangible way. One can hardly fathom what it must have been like to have been in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry.
Peter writes, “But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, ‘you shall be holy, for I am holy.’” God’s holy standard was expressed to the world through the covenants and by His holy law; but then Jesus Christ came and in His life demonstrated what true righteousness looks like. His perfect life of obedience provides us with a perfect example to try and (by His grace) imitate.
Hebrews 12:1-2 declares, “Therefore since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus yielded His life in total submission to the will of God, even when that led to Him dying an excruciating death on a cross. The perfect life of Jesus provides Christians the supreme example of faith and faithfulness. 1 John 2:6 says, “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”
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