Who Do You Look Like?

How many times have we heard the expression, "His father sure can't deny him!"?

And although generally we think of  "deny" as a word." I think there is more to it.

We are identified by our last name, resemblance and even deeper, our dna.


In Matthew 10:32-33  Jesus says,“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.


We often hear or even call ourselves, Christians. But the term, "Christian" wasn't used until later in the book of Acts. This happened when large crowds of people were becoming. "believers".

The believer's didn't call themselves Christians, they were "identified" by their behavior.

Easton's Bible dictionary says this:

Christian:

the name given by the Greeks or Romans, probably in reproach, to the followers of Jesus. It was first used at Antioch. The names by which the disciples were known among themselves were "brethren," "the faithful," "elect," "saints," "believers." But as distinguishing them from the multitude without, the name "Christian" came into use, and was universally accepted. This name occurs but three times in the New Testament (Act 11:26; 26:28; 1Pe 4:16).

 

Paul teaches us that we are to be "imitators" of Christ. (Or behave like Jesus.) Ephesians 5:1 and that in the latter times there would be people that have a form (resemblance) of godliness but really weren't godly at all.

In II Timothy 3:5, .... having a form of godliness but denying its power. (To make them godly.)

 

 

Jesus said in John 13:35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

In other words love is a part of our Christian dna.

 

So... who do you look like!