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“Jesus never expected us simply to turn the other cheek, go the second mile, bless those who persecute us, give unto them that ask, and so forth. These responses, generally and rightly understood to be characteristic of Christlikeness, were put forth by him as illustrative of what might be expected of a new kind of person – one who intelligently and steadfastly seeks, above all else, to live within the rule of God and be possessed by the kind of righteousness that God himself has, as Matthew 6:33 portrays. Instead, Jesus did invite people to follow him into that sort of life from which behavior such as loving one’s enemies will seem like the only sensible and happy thing to do. For a person living that life, the hard thing to do would be to hate the enemy, to turn the supplicant away, or to curse the curser… True Christlikeness, true companionship with Christ, comes at the point where it is hard not to respond as he would.”
Dallas Willard
“It is Christlike to assume that people are trying to do the best they can. I know I am a better person when I cultivate empathy, and I have been blessed for having received it from others. As members of the body of Christ, we are each responsible for creating a space not only of acceptance, but of joy and encouragement for our sisters and brothers and the stories they are working so hard to live well.”
Ashley Mae Hoiland, One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly: The Art of Seeking God“I looked harder at Matthew 25 and realized that if Jesus said "I was hungry and you fed me," then Christ's presence is not embodied in those who feed the hungry (as important as that work is), but Christ's presence is in the hungry being fed. Christ comes not in the form of those who visit the imprisoned but in the imprisoned being cared for. And to be clear, Christ does not come to us as the poor and hungry. Because, as anyone for whom the poor are not an abstraction but actual flesh-and-blood people knows, the poor and hungry and imprisoned are not a romantic special class of Christlike people. And those who meet their needs are not a romantic special class of Christlike people. We all are equally as sinful and saintly as the other. No, Christ comes to us in the needs of the poor and hungry, needs that are met by another so that the gleaming redemption of God might be known. ... No one gets to play Jesus. But we do get to experience Jesus in that holy place where we meet others' needs and have our own needs met.”
Nadia Bolz-Weber, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People“It is unjust, but only Christlike, to suffer persecution for doing what is right.”
Joyce Rachelle“Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agenncy righteously.”
Dieter F. Uchtdorf“Christlikeness means to live and act as Christ lived and acted.”
Jim George, A Husband After God's Own Heart“Through the grace shown to us in the gospel, there is something distinctly Christlike about a mother's love for her child.”
Gloria Furman, Treasuring Christ When Your Hands are Full: Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms“Pure hearts will be Christlike. It is God’s desire that we be conformed to the image of His Son.”
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