How To Duplicate!
"Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives
after mine, and learn from those who follow
our
example."
Philippians 3: 17
Have you heard of mimeograph machines? They
preceded
photocopiers, scanners, and 3-D printers. For churches, the
first opportunity to print their own materials came with
mimeograph
machines.
A waxed-paper stencil was inserted into the typewriter,
which cut letters onto the film. The film was then rolled
around an ink drum which was turned with a crank.
The church has always been in the duplication business.
Our main object of duplication is people. The Lord Jesus
stamps His image on us, and as others pattern their lives
after ours, we help them grow to be duplicates of Christ.
God’s Word must pass on to those
who are not as far along
as we are in our Christian walk. Through formal
discipleship
or times of sharing God’s Word, giving counsel, and praying
together, let your life guide someone closer to Jesus.
Ask God to duplicate Christ’s
likeness in you, then through you!
"There are few people whom God
calls to do great things
for him, but the best thing most of us can do in this world
is to live out a real, simple, beautiful, strong Christian life
in our allotted place. Thus in our little measure we shall
repeat the life of the Master himself."
J. R. Miller
