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Did Christ come to save us or was it the “pattern” of his life that show us how one can be saved? I’m not sure If my question makes sense but I rephrase it. Is Christanity a religion of the “pattern” or of Christ?
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It’s BOTH the SINGER & the SONG !!
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If all Christ had to do was die for us, why not allow Herod to kill him as an infant, and get it over with?
Instead, he stuck around for 33 years. Only 3 of those years were spent in public ministry.
So not only did he save us with his Sacrifice, but he also lived to be a role model in our midst. And he explained things. “The Kingdom of God is like…”
So his Passion and Death weren’t just an accident that cut short his life; they were a deliberate series of events that he allowed to happen. And his public ministry wasn’t just him wandering around while he was waiting for the climax to happen; they were also a deliberate series of teachings that he left for us to better understand our role in the universe and God’s expectations of us.
So Christianity involves not just gratitude for Christ’s sacrifice 2,000 years ago, but also the deliberate following of his example by patterning our lives upon his teachings.
If all Christ had to do was die for us, why not allow Herod to kill him as an infant, and get it over with?
Instead, he stuck around for 33 years. Only 3 of those years were spent in public ministry.
So not only did he save us with his Sacrifice, but he also lived to be a role model in our midst. And he explained things. “The Kingdom of God is like…”
So his Passion and Death weren’t just an accident that cut short his life; they were a deliberate series of events that he allowed to happen. And his public ministry wasn’t just him wandering around while he was waiting for the climax to happen; they were also a deliberate series of teachings that he left for us to better understand our role in the universe and God’s expectations of us.
So Christianity involves not just gratitude for Christ’s sacrifice 2,000 years ago, but also the deliberate following of his example by patterning our lives upon his teachings.
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CatechismDid Christ come to save us or was it the “pattern” of his life that show us how one can be saved? I’m not sure If my question makes sense but I rephrase it. Is Christanity a religion of the “pattern” or of Christ?
1992 Justification has been merited for us by the Passion of Christ … Justification is conferred in Baptism …
1993 Justification establishes cooperation between God’s grace and man’s freedom. On man’s part it is expressed by the assent of faith to the Word of God, which invites him to conversion, and in the cooperation of charity with the prompting of the Holy Spirit who precedes and preserves his assent:
42 Council of Trent (1547): DS 1525.When God touches man’s heart through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, man himself is not inactive while receiving that inspiration, since he could reject it; and yet, without God’s grace, he cannot by his own free will move himself toward justice in God’s sight.42
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Christianity is of Christ in the sense that Christ is living, he is present to us in the sacraments and particularly in the Eucharist, and it is only through him that we encounter God and can be saved.
If all we had was his example, pattern, or life story, we would have much less reason to hope that we could ever attain heaven. No matter how good we are, we can’t do it ourselves. Jesus Christ is the one who can carry us past death to eternal life.
If all we had was his example, pattern, or life story, we would have much less reason to hope that we could ever attain heaven. No matter how good we are, we can’t do it ourselves. Jesus Christ is the one who can carry us past death to eternal life.
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