As God Is, So Are We

Even though there is growing upheaval in the world, believers should not act like everyone else in the world. As believers, our lives should reflect the statement from 1 John 4:17 (NKJV), “as He is, so are we in this world.” We should not be conditioned to this world. God doesn’t promise fair, but the world doesn’t have a chance against believers. God set everything up so that we know the end from the beginning. As God is, so are we! This is why Jesus came. This is why Jesus called us His body. As the head goes, so goes the body. The body of Christ shouldn’t be paralyzed because as the head goes, so goes the body.

The Bible is God’s Word to believers. It is a covenant between God and His children. A covenant defines your inheritance. It tells you what you can do, what you should do and what you shouldn’t do. A covenant also tells you who you are. As believers, we should declare: “I am who God says I am. I can do what God says I can do. My inheritance is everything He says it is.” If we try to amend any of these truths, then we are not with God. That’s what religion does. If I am humble in spirit and lowly in heart, then as He is, so am I. People lie, cheat, steal, etc. because they don’t believe they are like God. Believers are as God is and, therefore, should act that way “in this world.” Religion tells people to act a certain way so that they can be like God, which doesn’t work because it’s backward. God is, so as He is, so are we. This is not about faith. It’s practical. It’s about how we live.

God made us in His image and likeness. We are a reflection of Him. If we say that we abide in Him (1 John 2:6), then we should act like it. We should walk just like He did. God left us an example to follow – Jesus. God identified Himself with us so that we could be just like Him. This is the acid test between religion and the truth. Jesus told us to be like Him, which means that we should do as He did. Anything contrary to this is a lie. It is very critical what believers hear (receive) because it will impact how we walk with God (Colossians 2:6). We can never rise above what we hear in our walk with God. The image that we have of Christ is crucial. Do we have a religious or biblical idea of Christ? What image are we giving the world of Christ? We are the only Christ people in the world are going to see. God will unlock blessings for us if we unlock them for someone else. The darker it becomes in the world, the brighter Christians should be.

If we are in Christ, we are not human (2 Corinthians 5:17). Man has nothing to do with this. We are supernatural. God gave us His power to become His children. This has nothing to do with the mind, the intellect, philosophy, etc. We are a “new creation.” We are born of God, not the flesh.

We live here, but we’re not from here (Romans12:1, 2; Galatians 2:20). If we live like we are from here, then we are subject to what “here” gives us. Ambassadors are not subject to the laws of the country where they reside; they are subject to the laws of the country where they come from. Ambassadors have “diplomatic immunity” from the laws of where they reside. Jesus lived by the laws of where He was from -- His source, which is God. Likewise, believers are not subject to the laws of this world because we are new creations (2 Corinthians 5:17). We have diplomatic immunity. The government doesn’t determine our living, God does. God’s Word should be the first and final authority in a believer’s life.

We have an example to follow (Matthew 10:24, 25; John 4:34; 8:29). We have to make it up in our minds that it is enough for us to be like Jesus. God gave us instructions to fulfill; therefore we should be about pleasing Him. If we dare to do those things that please God, he will never leave us alone. We are to live by the divine rights and privileges that are eternal and supernatural (Ephesians 2:19). We are not servants (slaves). Jesus called us His “friends” (John 15: 15), so we should adjust ourselves to Him. God dealt with us mentally, spiritually and physically. We don’t have anything to worry about (Ephesians 6:10-11; Psalm 91). We have to ask ourselves what image we are projecting to the world of who Christ is.

Totally obey the Lord, and He’ll be totally responsible for what happens to you (Ephesians 5:1, 2; Matthew 6:31-33). Our obedience is the sacrifice. We should depend on God to tell us what we should be doing. Jesus did what He did because He loved the Father. Loving God enables us to walk in love (Ephesians 5:12). If we love God, we are going to love people. Trust the Lord because safety comes from the Lord (Proverbs 21:30-31). As He is, so are we because greater is He who is in us than He who is in the word (1 John 4:1-4).