1. You Be Jesus
1 Peter 2:18-25

2. Tale of Two Brothers
A mother was fixing pancakes for her sons who began to argue about getting the first one
She suggested that Jesus would say, “Serve my brother, I can wait.”
The younger brother said to his older brother, “You be Jesus!”

3. Think About It Are we like the younger brother?
Want others to be like Jesus (Romans 10:1, 2)
Younger brother’s motive not pure
We want others to be …

4. Loving and Kind Like Jesus Taught us what love is (John 15:9, 13)
Taught to love our enemies (Luke 6:35)

5. Loving and Kind We are to be like Him
Identify us as His disciples (John 13:34, 35)
Bear one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2)
Love is being kind (Romans 12:10; 1 Corinthians 13:4)

6. Loving and Kind We let others be loving and kind
In darkness if we are not like Jesus (1 John 2:10, 11; 3:17, 18)
Barren and unfruitful without love (2 Peter 1:7, 8)

7. Merciful and Forgiving
Like Jesus
Merciful to many (Matthew 9:27; 15:22; 17:15; Luke 17:13)
A merciful high priest (Hebrews 2:17)
Forgave many (Matthew 9:2; Luke 7:47, 48; 23:34)

8. Merciful and Forgiving
We are to be like Him
He has forgiven us (Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13)
Forgive others as they repent (Luke 17:3, 4)

9. Merciful and Forgiving
We want others to be that way
Remember the “Good Samaritan” (Luke 10:36, 37; Romans 12:8)
Be merciful to receive mercy (Matthew 18:28-35; 23:23; James 2:13)

10. Meek and Humble Like Jesus Meek and lowly (Matthew 11:28-30)
Paul called Him meek and gentle (2 Corinthians 10:1)

11. Meek and Humble We are to be like Him
In order to walk in a worthy manner (Ephesians 4:1, 2)
Part of the “garment” we wear (Matthew 18:4; Colossians 3:12)

12. Meek and Humble We want others to act like Jesus
To be humble and submissive (1 Peter 5:5, 6)
Often forget Christ’s warning (Matthew 23:12)

13. Giving and Sacrificial
Like Jesus
Rest (Matthew 11:28)
Living water and imperishable food (John 4:14; 6:27)
Power to become sons of God (John 1:12; 10:11, 28)

14. Giving and Sacrificial
We are to be like Him
Give even to the “takers” (Matthew 5:39-42)
Give to the poor (Matthew 19:21; Galatians 2:20)

15. Giving and Sacrificial
We want others to be like Jesus
Condemned for not helping others (Matthew 25:41-46)
Treasures in heaven (Luke 12:32, 33)

16. Bold and Rebuke Those In Sin
Like Jesus
Condemned the unrepentant (Matthew 11:20-24; Luke 13:3, 5)
Rebuked even those close to Him (Mark 8:31-34)

17. Bold and Rebuke Those In Sin
We are to be like Him
Timothy was to rebuke as part of his preaching (2 Timothy 4:1-5)
Titus to rebuke those in sin (Titus 1:13; 2:15)
Peter rebuked Simon (Acts 8:22)
Paul rebuked the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 7:8-10)

18. Bold and Rebuke Those In Sin
We want others to do all the rebuking
Cower down behind them
Responsibility of every Christian (Ephesians 5:11)
Necessary to rebuke a brother (Matthew 18:15-17; Luke 17:3, 4)

19. Conclusion
Be willing to do what we expect others to do
Be like Jesus