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I AM Sententially-Versed · Ronald C. Chatman

Cultivating Christlikeness

Christlikeness is the steady work of becoming like Jesus in thought, word, and action. At I AM Sententially-Versed, that work begins with measured words: Scripture received, spoken, and lived on purpose.

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What Scripture means by Christlikeness

Conformed to the image of the Son

The New Testament describes Christlikeness as God's purpose for every believer. Paul writes that God predestined His people to be conformed to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29). It is not a performance. It is a transformation that God works in us as we behold Christ.

In brief: as we look upon the Lord's glory, we are being transformed into His likeness, from one degree of glory to another.2 Corinthians 3:18 · Read it in the ISV ↗
σύμμορφοςsymmorphos · Greek · Romans 8:29“Conformed,” literally “sharing the same form.” Christlikeness is taking on the form of Christ from the inside out, not copying Him from the outside.
μεταμορφόωmetamorphoō · Greek · 2 Corinthians 3:18; Romans 12:2“To be transformed,” the source of our word “metamorphosis.” Paul uses it for the believer changed “from glory to glory” and renewed in the mind.

The method

Interrupt the pattern with the Word

Most of life runs on an automatic pattern: something happens, we think, we feel, we speak, we act, and we live with the results. Christlike living places God's Word at the front of that chain, so that faith shapes the thought, the thought governs the feeling, and the feeling yields measured words and Christlike behavior.

  1. Stimulus
  2. The Word
  3. Faith
  4. Renewed thought
  5. Governed feeling
  6. Measured words
  7. Christlike behavior

Outcomes are not guaranteed by speech alone. The aim is faithful, accountable living, practiced one day at a time.

Why “sentential”

Words chosen with meaning

Sentential means “relating to a sentence.” It comes from the Latin sententia, “a thought, a judgment, a meaning expressed.” To be Sententially-Versed is to be practiced in words that carry weight: sentences drawn from Scripture, spoken deliberately, and lived out. Words have power. But sentential words shape destiny.

I AM Sententially-Versed is the teaching, publishing, and broadcasting work of Elder Ronald C. Chatman, found online at iamversed.com.

Practice Christlikeness

Resources for the journey

Book · Devotional

111 Days of Prayer & Meditation

A 21/90 devotional: a 21-day foundation and a 90-day extension, with a Hebrew or Greek word study every day.

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Interactive · 45 weeks

Forty and Five: The 45-Week Companion

Eight biblical threads, from Caleb to Psalm 45, woven through the 111 days. Check off each day and keep your Sabbath notes.

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Interactive lessons

Scripture lessons

“The Just Shall Live” and “Forty and Five Years”: context, activities, word studies, and reflection.

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