Phip 2: 5In your relationship with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.
Having the
same mindset means to be able to reflect the same image as Christ Jesus.
Indirectly it means that we should be a mirror image of Jesus Christ in our
thoughts, deeds and behaviour. This does not mean that our appearance should be
like Jesus, anyway there has not been any actual drawing of the true image of
Jesus. All the pictures that we see are imaginations of the artists; each one
would try in their own way to portray an image that would best represent Jesus.
In this
text, Paul is telling all believers that we must portray Jesus in our lives.
When we are in the world and are among the non-believers, they will not be able
to see what Jesus looked like but they will be able to see us, the followers of
Jesus. Do we follow Jesus in all His ways so that when the non-believers see us,
then they would be able to see a reflection of Jesus in the way we live?
Our conduct
will show and demonstrate to others the image of Jesus, most of all the way we
carry our relationship with each other in the Church must reflect the life of
Jesus. They must be communal love and mercy in our relationship. There must not
be strife, back stabbing, gossip and slander. These are the way that non-believers
would behave in the world.
We are the
body of Christ and as such we must possess the same characteristics of Christ
in this body. In every way and every day, our relationship within the body of Christ and also when we have interaction
with the non-believers, the love and grace of Jesus Christ must be see
prominently in us.
This is what
Paul means when he said ‘In your
relationship with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.’ The
world can do all kinds of evil as they do not know Jesus and the Father, but we
the children of God have no excuses to behave the same way.
Jesus called
us to be the ‘light and the salt’ to the world. We must be totally different
and we must reflect Jesus’ character in us so that others will be able to see
Jesus in our lives and only then will they be able to respond to the Gospel of
Salvation.
Let us be
the bridge that bring the Gospel to the lost and let us not be stumbling blocks
to those who are seeking for the Gospel.
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