ACC ~ Matthew 20 v26

SERVING IN THE IMAGE OF CHRIST

INCOMPLETE WORK ON MATTHEW: With regard to this point, we were made in the image of Christ so that we might become imitators of his will and conduct. How were we created toward the likeness of his greatness? He indeed was able to imitate our flesh, yet we are not able to imitate his divinity. But we are being made in his image so that what seems good to him may also be good to us, and what seems bad to him may also be bad to us. Whoever pursues boasting, while the Lord pursues humility, is not the image of Christ. And he who is a lover of riches in this age, while the Lord is a lover of poverty, repels from himself the likeness of Christ. He is not a true disciple who does not imitate his teacher; nor is it a true image which is not like its creator. HOMILY 35. [1]

[1] PG 56:832.