“Also to walk just as He walked” (1 John 2:6)  

There are two ways Christians look at their walk with Christ. 1) They follow (accompany) Him, and 2) they imitate Him. Following (accompanying) Christ is taught in most Scriptures, but the Apostle Paul wrote, “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1), and, “Be imitators of God as dear children” (Ephesians 5:1). So, a few times we’re told to imitate Christ, the rest of the time we’re told to accompany Him. 

 Christ is the ideal by which we judge all Christian behavior. You were predestined to be conformed to His image (Romans 8:29). How does God accomplish this? “We all, with unveiled face ... are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:17). You walk as He walked by accompanying Him, not just by imitating Him. “Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow (accompany) His steps” (1 Peter 2:21). It’s only possible to follow (accompany) Jesus in His footsteps by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is a spiritual walk, not merely a soulish walk. “The natural (soulish) man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them” (1 Corinthians 2:14). 

 If you want Christ to be glorified, imitate the life of Jesus by not walking “according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit” (Romans 8:1). “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22-25). 

 Unfortunately, many imitate Christ, but because they aren’t IN Christ, and Christ isn’t IN them, they walk alone. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven … I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” (Matthew 7:21-23).