Worship Jesus or Worship His Life?

Something I've be considering for a few weeks now is what I consider one of those holy "looking" things, but the act itself, to me anyway, appears to be a facade.

We've all seen the WWJD, it's now pop culture and similar things. We hear quoted, don't judge! Doesn't the Bible say that?

What is thinly veiled, is a worship of Christ's life as an example, but not Christ. I'm not against Christs example, he led the perfect example, so you might say, what is wrong with understanding and even living by his example. I say NOTHING! To a point though, we rarely do that. We carry the pop culture symbols, we repeat platitudes and we believe that we're doing what Jesus would. I don't think we are.

I think we're elevating what we see as a good example, but because we're looking at the output [of Jesus' Life] of the inner spirit, we're not taking in the fullness of God. God asks us to worship only him. And through a knowledge of him, the regeneration of the spirit and intercession of Christ we will become like him. It's not if, but when. Unfortunately what I think I see all too often is a repetition of common biblical knowledge, leading to a life that only models Christ in form but not output and thus we have a form of worship, but not worship itself.

As an example, how many of us would dare walk into Yourside Family Church and turn over the coffee machine, and kick out the t-shirt vendors? Christ did...

How many of us would go to a well known, famous lawgiver, call him a snake, and a hypocrite, in public! Christ did...

How many of us would call our brother SATAN, for merely suggesting something opposed to God? Christ did!

See, you can't just accept the loving, rainbows and butterflies part of Jesus. He's also a LION! The Lion of Judah, and IF we're going to ask What Would Jesus Do, I think we also need to ask if we're prepared to do it...because to ask the question and not be ready to gird up and take action with the answer is to have not even asked the question at all.