The Lord spoke to me and said:
“Unless you become like me, you can not enter my kingdom.”
Jesus Christ is our perfect example and as Christians we need to become like him by following him and walking in his ways. That is the only way. The unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Supporting scripture:
1 John 2:6 NKJV
He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
1 Peter 2:21-22 NKJV
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: [22] “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
Ephesians 5:1-2 NKJV
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. [2] And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
1 Corinthians 11:1 NKJV
Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
Ephesians 4:20-24 NKJV
But you have not so learned Christ, [21] if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: [22] that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, [23] and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, [24] and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Romans 8:29 NKJV
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Galatians 2:20 NKJV
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Luke 6:40 NKJV
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
Galatians 3:26-27 NKJV
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. [27] For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
1 John 3:2-3 NKJV
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. [3] And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
1 John 3:7 NKJV
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 NKJV
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, [10] nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
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