"Images of Christ"

Images of Christ

My life theme right now, as I mentioned, is reflecting Christ, and mainly being an image of Him, so that He may glorify Himself through me. My favorite quote from Charles H. Spurgeon on this topic is from his book, Morning and Evening:

“A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ… If we were what we profess to be, and what we should be, we should be pictures of Christ; yea, such striking likenesses of Him, that the world would not have to hold us up by the hour together, and say, ‘Well, it seems somewhat of a likeness’; but they would, when they once beheld us, exclaim, ‘He has been with Jesus; he has been taught of him; he is like Him; he has caught the very idea of the holy Man of Nazareth, and he works it out in his life and everyday actions.’”

The verse Spurgeon uses with that quote is Acts 4:13 “Now when they [the Sanhedrin] saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.”

I take a silly delight in the unique ways God operates, and in this verse and passage of scripture, God stays true to His ways. Here were two fishermen:

Uneducated - They probably were not able to read. Chances are if they were fishermen, they didn’t even pass the first grade. They are totally without knowledge in matters of scripture.

And Untrained – They are obviously not Rabbis; they’re not even motivational speakers. They used to catch fish and mend nets for a living.

And they are filled with the Spirit of God! This causes the Sanhedrin to absolutely marvel! Even for those who were not of God, it was plain for them to see who Peter and John resembled.

How much of Christ do others see in you? Despite the fact that He gets glory no matter what, are you acknowledging the fact that He deserves it?

May He cause more of His light to reflect in me, Auty