If you skip over this link to Doug Schaefer’s post Did Jesus Come to Teach Us How to Live?, you will miss a profound insight into an aspect of Jesus’ nature and character we often miss, an insight clearly and humbly expressed.

That said, I believe Jesus did come to teach us how to live – among many other things for which He came – to be Himself a perfect example of self-sacrifice so that we would not be willing to settle for less.

And, realizing that we cannot live up to it, to be willing to accept His perfection, given to us through grace as a gift beyond any other price.