Changing Identities

Christ put on the cloak of humanity so perfectly, that to this day people say, no, demand,"He was just a good MAN!"

Philippians 2:5-8
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
Who although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God
a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself,
taking the form of a bond-servant and being made in the likeness of men.
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself
by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

How well have we, as confessing followers of Jesus, put on the cloak of Christ?

Colossians 3:1-10
Therefore, if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, Who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. Therefore, consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the daughters of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him

When was the last time someone demanded, "You must be a god. Look at how you live your life!"?

May we repent, and may God forgive us for so poorly reflecting Him who died for us.