4 Ways We Are Like God

– John MacArthur

In Christ

We are striving to become more like Christ and a great way to do that is to camp out in the gospels. The more you read about Christ and how He responded to people, the more you’ll know about Christ, and the more you know about Christ, the more you can become like Christ. We are created in God’s image, but we are striving daily to reflect more of the image Christ!

Seeking Justice

You don’t have to teach a young child about being fair (although you should), because they already have a sense of fairness and can easily spot injustice. Children have an inert or inbuilt characteristic of wanting things to be fair, even at an early age. It’s as if they’re born with a desire or sense of justice, even crying with sympathy when other babies cry, and laughing when other babies laugh, so one of the ways we’re created in God’s image is that we desire to see justice served…and it will be someday (Rev 20:12-15; 21:8).

Having Dominion

God gave mankind dominion over the earth, but instead of being a ruler over the earth, he became a dictator, and has stripped, mauled, exploited, and destroyed a lot of his domain. God intended mankind to be a good steward, just as He commanded Adam to keep the Garden, so we are like God in the sense that mankind has dominion; it’s only that mankind’s made it domination rather than dominion, and has ruled this planet like a tyrant.

For Relationship

It troubles me when people say, “I don’t like organized religion.” Would they rather it be disorganized? Besides, Christianity is not about religion or being religious; it’s about having a personal, close, intimate relationship with Christ. God made us for relationship; with one another, but first and foremost, for a relationship with Him, and a saving relationship through Christ.

Conclusion

Life is a precious gift; only God can take it away, only God can create life, so we are like God, but mostly in Christ, but also in seeking justice, in having dominion (or miss-rule in our case), and for a relationship with each other, but most of all, a relationship with Christ.