My grandson came to me the other day complaining that his little brother was following him everywhere and imitating everything he did. I speak that which I have seen with My Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. Jesus spoke and did what He heard from His Father. As bad company corrupts good morals, the opposite can also be true.ĭo not be deceived: Bad company ruins good morals. That’s why choosing who your friends are is so important. If you spend enough time with someone, you begin to use the same mannerisms, use similar words, and act like that person.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. The Word says that when people saw the disciples and heard them they marveled because they were unlearned men they took note that they had been with Jesus! What do others see when they look at us? Are they attracted to our outward appearance, or are they attracted to the Spirit of the Lord in us?īe ye therefore followers of God, as dear children And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.Īnother version says it this way, “be imitators of God.”

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