Bible "Be" Attitudes: Becoming What We Are Called to Be

By Don Campbell

Paul addressed the Corinthians as "the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours. The words sanctified and saints are from the same Greek root, meaning "set apart" or "holy." The Corinthians do not serve as a model to be emulated, for he rebukes them for sectarianism, carnality, pride, sexual immorality, divorce, idolatry, perversion of the Lord's Supper, misuse of spiritual gifts, and denial of the resurrection. Paul never glosses over sin of any kind but calls us to be all God intended for us to be.

This book examines 13 specific uses of the imperative verb "be," which, when practiced, empowers us to become Christlike, which should be every believer's goal: "But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit" (2 Cor 3:18).

Many years ago, I penned the following poem when I struggled with the discordance between what I was and what I wanted to be. I pray it may speak to someone struggling with being all God wants them to be. I, like you, am a work in progress.

Who Am I?
Who am I?
Must I know what powers and possibilities lie within?
We are becomers.
Who am I?
Two forces-light and darkness struggle within.
We are becomers.
Who am I?
Face the darkness I become night.
We are becomers.
Who am I?
Face the Son, and I become light.
We are becomers.
Who am I?
I am a becomer, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F8NXKXQ6
• ISBN13: 9798317235741
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"