{"id":35088,"date":"2021-08-15T18:13:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=35088"},"modified":"2021-08-15T18:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:13:26","slug":"reflecting-his-glory-through-life-alignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=35088","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting His glory through life alignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Buti Sam Kputu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bible speaking concerning John the Baptist says: &#8220;He was not the light, but he came to declare the truth about the light. The real light, which shines on everyone, was coming into the world&#8221; (John 1:8,9)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what exactly did our Lord mean when He said&nbsp; we are &#8220;the light of the world&#8221; ? He couldn&#8217;t have meant we are to be His SUBSTITUTES; He rather meant we are to be His REFLECTIONS on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this purpose He gave us His word as a mirror. Whenever we look into His word, we see two images &#8211; His glorious image and our not-too-glorious nature. His Spirit in us then works conviction, confession and repentance. That is the process that makes&nbsp; His glorious life ours.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal, joy and power of the Christian life is becoming more like Jesus. This is manifest in aligning our&nbsp; lives and values with&nbsp; His so we become His<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">glorious reflections on earth as The Light of The World.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a9 Buti Sam KPUTU<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Buti Sam Kputu The Bible speaking concerning John the Baptist says: &#8220;He was not the light, but he came to declare the truth about the light. The real light, which shines on everyone, was coming into the world&#8221; (John 1:8,9) So, what exactly did our Lord mean when He said&nbsp; we are &#8220;the light [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}