oliveu2cm
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I missed this forum! So I'm going to jump right in and get started on a post I thought of last week.
Freshman year english class my professor asked us who are our heroes. This was like the second day of college *ever* so I was a little shy. Anyway after a while she remarks no one said Jesus! And then this kid raised his hand and said he didn't think Jesus could be a hero (!) because he is SO perfect that the standard he sets is unrealistic for us, that we can never obtain that type of perfection and therefore he can't be a hero.
I never said anything and have always regretted it. But it's stuck with me (for almost five years now.)
I noticed reading another thread somewhere sometime recently that another person voiced these same thoughts: that Jesus, being who He is, is someone we cannot live up to.
I do not agree with this (completely). I see their point of view, but I also see Him as someone we can look to for guidance and as a role model to set an example for us (hence the WWJD movement!) If we do not look to the most perfect person ever for advice or to set an example for us, then who is left?
Does anyone find it daunting that we can never live up to Jesus? I hope this is an interesting subject, it usually drifts in and out of my mind.
Freshman year english class my professor asked us who are our heroes. This was like the second day of college *ever* so I was a little shy. Anyway after a while she remarks no one said Jesus! And then this kid raised his hand and said he didn't think Jesus could be a hero (!) because he is SO perfect that the standard he sets is unrealistic for us, that we can never obtain that type of perfection and therefore he can't be a hero.
I never said anything and have always regretted it. But it's stuck with me (for almost five years now.)
I noticed reading another thread somewhere sometime recently that another person voiced these same thoughts: that Jesus, being who He is, is someone we cannot live up to.
I do not agree with this (completely). I see their point of view, but I also see Him as someone we can look to for guidance and as a role model to set an example for us (hence the WWJD movement!) If we do not look to the most perfect person ever for advice or to set an example for us, then who is left?
Does anyone find it daunting that we can never live up to Jesus? I hope this is an interesting subject, it usually drifts in and out of my mind.