Christ Identity

The name of Jesus is the name of one who was a man but saw the face of Christ in all his brothers and remembered God. So he became identified with Christ, a man no longer, but at one with God. (C-5.2)

In his complete identification with the Christ–the perfect Son of God, His one creation and His happiness, forever like Himself and One with Him–Jesus became what all of you must be. He led the way for you to follow him. (C-5.3)

These quotes are so important because they turn upside down the world’s idea of what Christ is. The world confuses Christ with a man who is thought to be the only Christ. To be Christ-like is supposed to mean to behave in a certain way or to have been granted certain powers. For some, Jesus was God walking in the world. And we are not supposed to be so arrogant as to believe we could be Christ ourselves.

The Course teaches us that Christ is an identification we must all remember and that Jesus led the way for us. To be Christ-like is to see Christ – our Self – in everyone. When this is complete we become Christ. From there we enter an awareness where there is no “Christ” there is no “God”, there is only Oneness.

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carrie genevachild said…
Jesus Christ is an exemplar of our Self.

When Jesus (in the story or Christ myth) tells his disciples to "do this" in remembrance of me, he is giving us a mnemonic device. He is speaking to Jews who say a traditional blessing over the bread and the wine at the Passover seder and every Friday at sundown. So he is associating the saying of this blessing with remembering the Christ, with remembering our Self.
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