I also want to agree, I'm nothing like Christ, He is the pinnacle of perfection, the difference between everyday sinners and myself, I strive eagerly towards Jesus, showing love where someone else would say your crazy, as they have, I'm still nothing like Christ, as you said Jim, as John the Baptist said, I'm not worthy of untying the shoes of Jesus, this is true, but my mind, heart, intent, will is focused on proving that I can be as He wants me to be, sinless, this is a daily battle though, that Jesus completed sinless, for 33 years... I've sinned so bad, as one would know from reading this thread and could maybe fathom the thought of how terrible I really was, compared to the man I am today. It's a night and day difference, I could never go back to dwell and wallow in my sin, as a pig to dirt though, we have to strive, as you said Jim, with our feeble minds, to be as close as I can get to Him. We shouldn't say, well because we will fall, we mine as well fall then, the answers no, we have power to reject thoughts, reject urges, reject wrong doing, reject sin and stand up for righteousness, stand up for love, stand up for those that need help, rather it be help, in a role model, in strength, in prayer, in sin, sickness or poverty, God calls us to be servants, that I am... A servant to Christ. Again...nothing like Christ I try to be..there's a big difference between wanting to be my Heavenly Father and wanting to be just like His ways, with Him as the lead.. Satan tells the lie, that we can be gods, I don't want to be God, I want to be like His ways... I want to let Him reign in me, it is He who I let live in me, with a choice... I hope everyone gets this