Today, "What would Jesus do?" is a question commonly posed by and among Christian believers.
In this classic work of theology, author John R. Macduff poses a fascinating variation on this question: what -- and how -- did Jesus think? This volume is indispensable for anyone interested in delving deeper into Christian epistemology.
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" Philippians 2:5
"Arm yourselves likewise with the same mind" 1 Peter 4:1
THE MIND OF JESUS! What a study is this!
To attain a dim reflection of it, is the ambition of angel - higher they cannot soar.
"To be conformed to the image of His Son!" - this is the design of God in the predestination of His people from all eternity.
"We shall be like Him!" - this is the Bible picture of heaven! In a former little volume, we pondered some of the gracious Words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus.
In the present, we have a few faint lineaments of that holy Character which constituted the living expositor and embodiment of His precepts. But how lofty such a standard!
How all creature-perfection shrinks abashed and confounded before a Divine portraiture like this!
He is the true "Angel standing in the sun," who alone projects no shadow; so bathed in the glories of Deity, that likeness to Him becomes like the light in which He is shrouded - "no man can approach unto it."
May we not, however, seek at least to approximate, though we cannot adequately and fully resemble? It is impossible on earth to associate with a fellow-being without getting in some degree assimilated to him.
Just so, the more we study "the Mind of Christ," the more we are in His company - holding converse with Him as our best and dearest friend - catching up His holy looks and holy deeds - the more shall we be "transformed into the same image."
