Christ as our example

I want to explorer Christ as an exemplar, or how might we follow his example.  

In the book of Matthew chapter four it tells how Christ fasts forty days and is tempted then he begins his ministry. Verse sixteen states, “The people which sat in darkness saw great light: and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.” Christ brought great light those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death. The example here is that if we live our lives the way we should we also may be filled with light and bring light to those who sit in darkness in the shadow of death.

“ From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. And walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren … And he said unto them, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” We know that he gathered around him twelve disciples. The word disciple means followers and it was not unusual in that time or this for people to follow certain disciplines or teachings. We have today, weight watchers, Yoga, all kinds of groups or disciplines we follow.   But Christ was doing something more in gathering the twelve. He was setting up his church—organizing it.  In 1 Corinthians 4:40 Paul advised the church to let all things be done decently and in order. In the creation of the earth things were done in order. Things were organized in an orderly manner. “The earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep … And God said, let there be light; and there was light.” Then he divided the light from the darkness. In other words he moved the earth in rotation around a sun so that there would be so many hours of light or darkness on all sides. With sunlight on the earth  plants could grow, and animals could live. Where did he get the seeds for the plants? I don’t know maybe he brought them from other planets. Maybe he brought the dinosaurs so we could have fossil fuel, I don’t know. All I know is that God created the heaven and the earth and that he did it by bringing order to what already existed.

If we are to be Christ-like then I suggest we need order. Not neat freak kind of order but sensible and as Paul said let all things be done decently and in order.