The document discusses the concept of Christlikeness. It notes that Romans 8:29 states that God predestined believers to be conformed to the image of his Son. It emphasizes that becoming like Christ should be our life goal. It outlines several qualities of Christ that believers should imitate, including being a servant, compassionate, gracious, holy, and having a loving relationship with the Father. The conclusion encourages readers to remember that becoming like Christ is God's purpose and to commit to conforming to his image.

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29And For whom He foreknew,
He also predestined to be
conformed to the image of His
Son, that He might be the
firstborn among many
brethren... (ROMANS 8:29, NKJV).

2. “Resemblance?”
Every animal on earth resembles its
parents.

3. “Doubts in likeness?”
Hmmm.?
By DNA testing , it can be proven!

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How close is the resemblance?
What hope do we have of ever looking
like Christ?
Do we desire to look like Christ?

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I. Is your Life Goal Christlikeness?
What will I be when I grow up?
What are your dreams/goals in life?
..I want to be a Pilot..
..I want to be Doctor..
..I want to travel the world, universe rather
I want to be d’ richest person in the world.
..I want to be a famous person in the world
..I want to be like Christ…

6. It isn’t just that God desires that we become
like Jesus.
It is that God has created us for this purpose.
A being much more like Himself.. aspecial
When God first created human beings,
He made them in His own image.(Gen. 1:27)
When Adam and Eve sinned against God
through their disobedience, they destroyed the
image of God in them. But through Christ’s
death on the cross, the image we have before
was restored. (Galatians 2:20)
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7. This is God’s plan, His intention for us.
“For those God foreknew he also predestined
to be conformed to the likeness of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many
brothers.” Romans 8:29
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 predestined to be conformed
this indicates God’s plan for those who follow
Him.
He has created us and intends for us to be just
like Jesus.

8. His purpose why He died on the cross was to
make us like himself before he takes us to
heaven.”
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We have been created to be like Jesus.
Does Christlikeness define how we set goals,
plan the activities of our life and work towards
the things that are important to us? 1Cor.10:31
Having been created to be like Christ, are you
cooperating with God’s purpose for your life?

9. 2. What Does Jesus Look Like?
Please draw for me an “okapi”
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It is difficult to draw anything you don’t know
Drawing is a form of imitation and if we don’t
know anything about what we are to imitate,
we can hardly do it.
The same is true for us in Christ. We are to
become like Christ, but if we don’t really know
much about Christ, how can we imitate Him?

10. “Dear friends, now we are children of God,
and what we will be has not yet been made
known. But we know that when he appears, we
shall be like Him, for we shall see him as he
is.” 1John 3:2
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It tells us that we will be like Jesus when we see
Him, then we will become what God has
created us to become - like Jesus.
Knowing what we are to imitate will allow us to
imitate it. Knowing Christ will help us become
like Christ.

11. What is Jesus like?
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Let us look at a few Scriptures which give us a
picture of what Jesus is like so that we can
know what we must imitate.
“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be
served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28
A. Servant
His whole life was a life of service to God and
service to people.

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Making Himself available to all kinds of
people in their need -, feeding the hungry,
comforting the sorrowing.
The ultimate picture of servanthood is the
image of Jesus hanging on the cross.
When we realize that he went to the cross not
for his own sake, but for ours, we know that
Jesus truly came to serve and give his life as a
ransom for many. If we want to imitate Jesus,
we must imitate Him in his servant attitude
and His servant lifestyle.

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“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion
on them, because they were harassed and
helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
Matthew 9:36
B. Compassionate
Jesus is also clearly a man of compassion.
He saw not only the surface needs of people,
but saw the deep hurt in their hearts.
Once again, it is his love as demonstrated on
the cross that most clearly shows how much he
loves.

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One of the incidents which powerfully depicts
graciousness of Jesus is the story of the woman
caught in adultery. John 7:53–8:11
C. Gracious
They wanted her to stoned to death as the law
demanded for her sin.
He was gracious in extending hope of
forgiveness and the hope of a new life to her.
He was not quick to judge those who were
caught in sin, but was quick to offer a hope of
change.

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He is the only one who has never sinned.
D. Holy
“For we do not have a high priest who is
unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but
we have one who has been tempted in every
way, just as we are—yet was without sin.”
Hebrews 4:15
He is sympathetic, but that never caused him
to accommodate to sin. His life was a picture
of the life apart from sin which is so difficult
for us, but was lived by Him as a human being.

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It was not a life without temptation, but it was a
life of obedience to all of God’s will.
D. Holy
Jesus was holy and if we want to imitate Jesus,
we will need to learn to imitate Him in His
holiness.
E. Loving The Father
Another picture we have of Jesus is the picture
of his relationship to the Father.“The one who
sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for
I always do what pleases him.” John 8:29

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In his connection with the Father, we see a
passion for God, a living relationship with the
Father, a deep love for the Lord of all, a willing
obedience to the one who rules over all and a
great concern to please Him.
E. Loving The Father
If we are going to become like Jesus, we will
need to imitate his passionate relationship with
the Father in heaven.

18. Conclusion!
Let us be encouraged that Christlikeness is
God’s goal for us.
Remember Romans 8:29, “For those God
foreknew he also predestined to be conformed
to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brothers.”
We become what we are committed to.”
God has created us to be like Jesus. I want to
encourage us to remember this goal and commit
to it firstborn among many brothers.”
Are we in tune with God’s purpose for us?

19. Thank You So Much!!!
A Blessed Sunday
Brethren!!!
God Bless Us All !!!
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