How do you experience the Cross?

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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!

Okay . . . what's your definition of WWJD? Wasn't He always about His Fathers will and work? In my understanding, Jesus was constantly looking at the Father in a living and constant interaction with the Father, in order to do nothing out from Himself, but only what He saw His Father doing, right?

WWJD always seemed to me to be a human-contrived way to do what we read about Jesus doing in the gospels, by trying to superficially apply those examples to our own situations. In my mind this is just an outwardly religious effort, rather than something coming from an inner life relationship with Christ. [Sure, the Lord's example of human living is the perfect model, but to apply it takes a moment by moment relationship with Him in spirit . . . it's via His life in us, not something we produce by our own effort[/u].

Does that make sense?

Your first paragraph is a good summary, I don't take issue with. The second paragraph is consistent with what I was taught in TLR, and I too had made the same sort of generalizations (underlined by me) and had dismissed WWJD as having any value whatsoever.

As you admit (, in bold, Jesus is the perfect model, as the gospels and apostles' testimonies documented. Therefore WWJD has value as one is considering the myriad options life presents us and to check on what comes out of the moment by moment relationship with Him in spirit.

For example. Do you recall Jesus ever turning someone down who asked for His help/ "Sorry, I just don't feel that is the Father's leading"? I sure don't.