We ARE To Walk As Jesus Walked
Farley argues in this section that believers are not to live like Jesus
lived. He wrote, “Hence, we’re not
being asked to imitate the recorded actions of Jesus of Nazareth. Instead, we’re invited to allow Jesus
to do what he has always done—be himself.
The risen Christ wants to do this through our unique personalities in
every moment of every day” (p. 178).
One of the problems with this statement is that Farley fails to describe
what that looks like. Farley also
rejected living like Christ when he wrote, “Some Christians mistakenly obsess
over everything that the historical Jesus did in the four gospels. We memorize his words and actions and
try to imitate them the best we can” (p. 180). Farley discarded living like Christ when he wrote, “The
motivation for daily living within the New Testament centers around acting like
the person you truly are and benefiting from Christ’s life in the here and
now…We’re urged to grasp an important spiritual truth: when we come to Jesus
Christ, we receive his life.
Through our expression of him, we find fulfillment” (p. 182). Again, Farley fails to describe what
this looks like,
