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Daniel_Marsh
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I heard a “message” in passing today. The speaker was claiming that we are little christs. This somehow does not sound right to me. Are we little christs?
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Trishie
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Daniel, the speaker probably means, that in following Christ, we become like Him in a sense…we are charged to live the commandments of love, as Jesus did, and to evangelise others by our example as Christians. As His sign and instruments… in that sense.
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Henning
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imitators yes
1 Thess 1:6 “**You also became imitators **of us and of the Lord…” (NASB)
and transformed into His image
2 Corinthians 3:18 “But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image…” (NASB)
but ‘little Christs’ or ‘minor Messiahs’…hmm
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LilyM
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Well said. We are, of course, little Theotokoses (God-bearers) as well since we take Him into us in Holy Communion. :getholy:
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KingAlfred
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Yeah…it’s sort of demeaning. No…we’re disciples of Christ. This is serious business and shouldn’t be addressed via silly expressions. It was probably innocently made, however.
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Bruised_Reed
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“Christian” can mean “little Christ”.
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KingAlfred
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Never heard that one.
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Daniel_Marsh
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interresting, thank you
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beeliner
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The Church is Christ - His mystical body that remained when His physical body returned to the Father.
The Church is also its membership, its faithful.
Therefore…
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