To be like Jesus means a lot of things, including . . . 1. Being misunderstood by the people you thought would understand you most.
2. Connecting with those who, according to the religious gatekeepers, are “outsiders.”
3. Taking your cues from an authority that often goes unnoticed by the religious elite.
4. Being so intertwined with truth that it oozes out of you.
5. Realizing that sometimes the things that matter most to the people, matter least to the big shots.
6. Recognizing that sometimes orthodoxy will appear in unorthodox garb, while heterodoxy will ironically appear in orthodox clothing.
7. Running up against dark forces.
8. Experiencing power that is greater than dark forces.
9. Doing and saying things that attract normal folk but frustrate the abnormality of Phariseeism.
10. Knowing that, whatever the current struggle, God is in it with and through you.
11. Being able to look through Golgotha to glory.
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