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Being Christ-like

Being Christ-like

"Worthwhile doing enhances our character and capacity, but mortal circumstances and opportunities differ so greatly. But amid these differences, we can still become more like Christ in our capacity to be-- more loving, meek, patient, and submissive.

"By paying more attention to what we are rather than exclusively to what we do, our public and our private persons will be the same--the man or the woman of Christ. Our intrinsic value is not dependent upon mortal acclaim anyway; in fact, the world may actually see us as weak and foolish. Countering, however, are divine affirmations."
(Neal A. Maxwell, "The Tugs and Pulls of the World," Ensign, Nov. 2000, 37)

Christ-like Being

I like the part of Elder Maxwell's statement when he said "we can still become more like Christ in our capacity to be--more loving, meek, patient, and submissive".

I think we all have the potential to develop Christ-like attributes, we may never be able to be like Him, but we can reach the highest in our character and circumsntances.

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We definitely have the ability to develop Christ-like attributes. We have opportunities every day, in every situation to be more Christ-like. I just wish that more people would try a little harder. I am a member of some of the LDS Myspace groups and in the forums there if a non-member comes in and starts talking about how our church is not true or asks us questions about our religion, people tend to shun them or criticize them for coming into an LDS group when they aren't members. Yesterday I answered some questions for someone and before I posted, the only posts after the person asking were wondering why he had gone there to ask those questions and why an atheist would post in an LDS thread. It was a bit obnoxious.

Christ-like Being

"It is not enough for anyone just to go through the motions. The commandments, ordinances, and covenants of the gospel are not a list of deposits required to be made in some heavenly account. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become."

(Dallin H. Oaks, "The Challenge to Become," Ensign, Nov. 2000, 32)

Christ-like Being

"In the New Testament we learn that it is impossible to take a right attitude toward Christ without taking an unselfish attitude toward men. In the book of Matthew, Jesus taught, 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me' (Matthew 25:40)."
Ref. (Thomas S. Monson, "Choose You This Day," Ensign, November 2004, 68)

Being Christ-like

"We must strive to manifest the love of Christ, who always sought to please His Father by doing His will. . . . We must make every effort to follow His supreme example--to demonstrate such love through our thoughts, our speech, our actions--in all the things we do and are. We must not allow pride or vanity, selfishness or personal agendas to displace our reaching out to others in love. Quite simply and profoundly, we must first allow ourselves to be encircled by God's love. We do this best by embracing the Savior's eternal Atonement. Then we can expand that circle to include our family and all others. Such a circle is indeed heaven."
Ref. (Bonnie D. Parkin, "Eternally Encircled in His Love," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 110)

Being Christ-like

"The greatest scriptural examples of patience are found in the life of Jesus Christ. His long-suffering and endurance are best demonstrated on that excruciating night in Gethsemane. . . . He truly suffered and bore and endured all things. . . . While nailed to the cross on Calvary, Christ continued in His perfect example of patience. . . . These examples of patience have greater meaning for us when we consider the admonition found in 3 Nephi: 'Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am' (3 Nephi 27:27)."
(Robert C. Oaks, "The Power of Patience," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 15-16)

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"Developing Christlike attributes in our lives is not an easy task, especially when we move away from generalities and abstractions and begin to deal with real life. The test comes in practicing what we proclaim. The reality check comes when Christlike attributes need to become visible in our lives--as husband or wife, as father or mother, as son or daughter, in our friendships, in our employment, in our business, and in our recreation. We can recognize our growth, as can those around us, as we gradually increase our capacity to 'act in all holiness before [Him]' (D&C 43:9)."
Ref. (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Christlike Attributes--the Wind beneath Our Wings," Ensign, Nov. 2005, 102)