Imitate me, just as I also Imitate

Christ(I Corinthians 11:1)

“God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth” (I Timothy 2:3,4)

IMITATE

• To follow as a pattern or model; copy; reproduce; resemble; mimic• Positive references in NKJV: I

Cor. 4:16; 11:1; Heb. 6:12• Negative reference: III

John 1:11

IMITATE PAUL

• In I Corinthians 4:16 Paul calls upon the Christians to imitate him because he preached the gospel to them first (see verses14,15)

• In I Corinthians 11:1 Paul asks the Christians to imitate him in teaching others the gospel (see verses 10:32,33)

IMITATE CHRIST

• For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10)

• Jesus preached the gospel of the kingdom of God (Mark 1:14,15)

People May Be Saved

• Pray for the lost that they may be saved

• Pray for opportunities to teach the unsaved

• Support the preaching of the gospel

• Pray for missionaries and their families

• Read the missionary reports

EVANGELISTS WE SUPPORTLeke Adebeyo of Nigeria, AfricaRody Gumpad of Tueguegarao,

Philippines Frederick Jacklet of McMinnville, TN Fred Liggin of South Africa Sakkie Pretorius of Warne, NC Jim Thayer of Atlanta, GA Steve Willis of Medicine Hat, Alberta,

Canada Florentino Maldonado Yanez of

Comayaqua, Honduras