Hi Carla,

It isn't so much about being "like" Jesus, but having God given "advice" how to live. What the NT gives us is ideal values that will help us and society to grow. This is basically to be decent citizens (i.e. not steal, lie, murder), and regarding sexual morality to be responsible (i.e. to be sexually intimate only in committed relationship (marriage being the ultimate committment), and to consider children as good things i.e. not abort them (which often happens as a result of sex out of committed relationships).

It's about always considering the consequences of our actions, not just to people, but to the world around us and animals. So many people just think about what they want, not how what they want can negatively impact others or the natural world around us, as though they are an island existing only unto themselves.