Imitatio Christi - is the following Biblical?
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Fasting is neither sickness nor pain. It can be uncomfortable, but Holy Scripture does not show Jesus ever sick, nor in physical distress before the events of the Atonement.Yes, clearly: fasting for 40 days is possible but uncomfortable, as any Orthodox Christian will tell you. Hence the devil tempting Him.
I’m not separating our Lord’s divinity from humanity as you mentioned from those groups. (never heard of any of them).
The Gospels very much show His humanity in that He ate, He Slept, He was thirsty, He laughed, He wept, He got tired etc...
As our fellow friend @Maria Billingsley very beautifully and accurately stated Scripture calls us to imitate Our Lord's character.
Sickness, pain, disease does not imitate, nor does it honor God, because it is not from God.
The prophet Isaiah plainly states
Isa 53:4
Surely he has borne our infirmities
and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken,
struck down by God, and afflicted.
NRSVCE Catholic Edition.
Surely he has borne our infirmities
and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken,
struck down by God, and afflicted.
NRSVCE Catholic Edition.
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