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For that process to be successful, we must have thoroughly familiarized ourselves with Jesus' life and teachings--to the point of actually "knowing" the mind of Jesus.
There is a good reason why we should seek to know the mind of Jesus rather than his actions or his teachings. No two events are ever identical. Every event is enmeshed with circumstances unknowable to us such that it will never recur in exactly the same way again.
If we interpret Jesus' life and sayings as the basis of a set of rules to follow, then we know that we do not yet know the mind of Jesus--which after all is a revelation of the mind of God. But despair not for Jesus' Spirit of Truth, acting through the Father-Spirit, is available to help us. We need only to ask.
To "follow Jesus" means to personally share his religious faith and to enter into the spirit of the Master's life of unselfish service for man. One of the most important things in human living is to find out what Jesus believed, to discover his ideals, and to strive for the achievement of his exalted life purpose. Of all human knowledge, that which is of greatest value is to know the religious life of Jesus and how he lived it.
And the everlasting truth is: If your own mind does not serve you well, you can always exchange it for the mind of Jesus of Nazareth, who forever serves you well.
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