The Mind of Jesus

is impossible on earth to associate with a fellow-being without getting, in some degree, assimilated to him. 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.-[Pg iv] -Consider,- says the Great Apostle (literally -gaze on-) -Christ Jesus- (Heb. iii. 1). Study feature by feature, lineament by lineament, of that Peerless Exemplar. -Gaze- on the Sun of Righteousness, till, like gazing long on the natural sun, you carry away with you, on your spiritual vision, dazzling images of His brightness and glory. Though He be the Archetype of all goodness, remember He is no shadowy model-though the Infinite Jehovah, He was -the Man Christ Jesus.- We must never, indeed, forget that it is not the mind, but the work of Immanuel, which lies at the foundation of a sinner-s hope. He must be known as a Saviour, before He is studied as an Example. His doing and dying is the center jewel, of which all the virtues of His holy life are merely the setting. But neither must we overlook the Scripture obligation to walk in His footsteps and imbibe His Spirit, for -if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His!- Oh, that each individual Christian were more Saviour-like! that, in the manifestation of a holy character and heavenly demeanor, it might be said in some feeble measure of the faint and imperfect reflection--Such was Jesus!- --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.