There are many things revealed I n the scriptures which shows us Jesus as an example for us to follow. We will look at some of them.
When Jesus came to earth, he emptied himself of all the privileges he had as God and took the form of man. Phil 2:6-7, if He came to us as God, He could not say to us, as He always said to His disciples, follow me. Since He became like us, we have no excuses for not following him.
He was made like us in every way. Heb 2:17. This further reveals to us that it was not in some areas that He was like us, but it was in every area. He hungry, he got tired and asked His disciples to go and rest, he had emotions and wept, he had a will of His own, he grew up like other children, had to be taught and learnt to obey and every other way; Jesus was like us. Mat 21:18, Mark 6:31, John 11:35, 6:38, Luke 2:52, Heb 5:8.
He was tempted like us in every form of temptation that we will ever face and overcame. Heb 4:15 reveals to us that Jesus experienced the entire range of temptations that human being experience. There is not a single temptation that we will ever experience in our lives that Jesus did not experience. The circumstances we face are different from the circumstance that Jesus faced, but the temptation in those circumstances is the same as Jesus experienced. For example, you may have an experience on roads with a driver driving you to your destination as he maybe going slower and stopping many times and you maybe in a hurry to reach the required destination on time- under that circumstance, the temptation is to be impatient and angry and maybe speak rudely to the driver; Jesus while on earth, experienced the same temptation though his circumstances were different. The same applies to every area in which we are tempted.
Having seen the above, we now see that God does not mock us while he tells us in 1 Pet 2:21-22 to follow the example of Jesus in not sinning and not deceiving anyone. John also says that if we claim to be Christians, we must live as Jesus lived, or walk as He walked. 1John 2:6
We can ask ourselves, what is the secret that we need to know?
The answer is in Heb 4:15-16, which tells us that since Jesus was tempted in every way we are tempted and overcame, whenever we are tempted, we should go to the throne of grace to seek for mercy and grace to help us overcome the temptation. This is the way to escape and overcome every temptation that we will ever face in our lives. Any time, any day in any place we are tempted, let us run to the throne of grace to find mercy and grace to help us overcome the temptation as Jesus overcame.
Let us therefore follow the example of Jesus in our day-to-day lives.
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