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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
The alternative to “organic salvation” is WWJD (what would Jesus do) – salvation by imitation. (I talk disparaginingly, but there is also a value in WWJD which James talked extensively about - but evidence of "works" seems to me to more of a "barometer" of one's health, not a prescription to "just do it.").
Thing is, when it comes to my greatest internal failings, I don’t know how to “pull myself up by my bootstraps” to be a “good Christian.” Seeing a positive model, like Jesus, and “imitating” is a recipe for self-loathing. Because I fail time and again when I attempt it (which is not to say I stop attempting).
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I don't think WWJD is an alternative to "organic salvation" rather what we should do until organic salvation produces the desired result. Ideally I don't commit adultery because organic salvation has changed me and transformed my mind. But until then (with this particular issue) I ask: what does Jesus want? (And yes in my head when I ask this question is a picture of Jesus with a beard and long hair wearing a robe.) I know He wouldn't want me to do it and so I follow that.