Ephesians 5:1 Part 2

1 THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father].

Jesus also told us to be perfect, even as our Father in Heaven is perfect.

You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48

Think about what the Holy Spirit is repeatedly telling us through the Word. We are plainly told that we are one with God, so we should act like it. We are told that we should imitate God and that we should be perfect as God. Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the Word of our Father, Romans 10:17. How many sermons have you heard preached that we are one with God right now through Christ, so we should walk just as our Father walks? Many believe that we are somehow blaspheming our Father when we even dare to hope that we could live as powerfully and perfectly as He lives. There a lot of people who I know that believe that we have to wait until we get to Heaven to have any real power at all. The Truth is that we don’t have to wait and the Truth sets us free and the Truth is that today is the day of our salvation and now is our accepted time, 2 Corinthians 6:2. Today we are one with our Father and through Christ we are perfectly united with Him, so today is the day that we are one with all of His power and abilities, Ephesians 3:20. Today our Father can use us to do even greater works than He did through Himself when He was here as Jesus.

I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. John 14:12

We should encourage each other daily with the Truth that our Father will use us in all of the fulness of His power. Today time no longer matters for us, just as it does not matter to our Father. Today we are in this world, but we are not of this world. Today we will be used by our Father to heal the sick, raise the dead, forgive sins, prophesy Truth, and set the captives free. Freely we have been made to be one with all of the power of God and freely we will be used by Him share it.