Jesus is greatest model of how to live that there has ever been. And we should have Him as our standard of character. But beware of a moralism that simply says "try harder, be like Jesus." To be like Jesus, we need his power and his motivation. That comes from drawing near him, sitting at his feat like Mary in Luke 10:38-42.
“Biblical spirituality is participatory, not imitative. It is grounded on grace appropriated through faith, not merely obedience. Spiritual life flows out of union with Christ, not merely imitation of Christ.” (Lovelace, Dynamics of Spiritual Life, 73,74)
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