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  LIKE CHRIST
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: A true Christian is one who lives a life that reflects Christ's
character and qualities, reminding others of His presence through their
actions and character.

Topics: "Christian Living", "Christlike Character"
Scripture References: Romans 13:14, 2 Thessalonians 1:12

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Mary Wilder Tileston emphasizes the importance of reflecting the
character of Jesus Christ in our lives, highlighting the need to imitate
His qualities of wisdom, patience, love, lowliness, and purity. She
stresses that to glorify the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we must
clothe ourselves with His attributes and strive to be like Him in all
aspects of our lives, including our interactions with others and our
decision-making processes. Tileston explains that a true Christian is
one who constantly seeks to align their thoughts, words, and actions
with what would be pleasing to Christ, aiming to be a living
manifestation of His presence in the world.

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That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye
in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

--2 THESSALONIANS 1:12

Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.

--ROMANS 13:14

SEND down Thy likeness from above,

And let this my adorning be:

Clothe me with wisdom, patience, love,

With lowliness and purity.

--JOACHIM LANGE

EVIDENTLY, in order to be a manifestation of Christ we must be in some
way like Him. He is a Christian who follows Christ, who measures all
things by the standard of His approbation, who would not willingly say a
word which he would not like to have Christ hear, nor do an act which he
would not like to have Christ see. He is a Christian who tries to be the
kind of neighbor Christ would be, and the kind of citizen Christ would
be, and who asks himself in all the alternatives of his business life,
and his social life, and his personal life, what would the Master do in
this case? The best Christian is he who most reminds the people with
whom he lives of the Lord Jesus Christ. He who never reminds anybody of
the Lord Jesus Christ is not a Christian at all.

--GEORGE HODGES

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/like-christ/
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