We are called to be imitators of Jesus; we are not called to stand in His place.

We were made in the image of God, and we are designed to reflect God’s character.  If we have been redeemed, we have God’s Spirit within us, using our hands, our feet, and our mouths to accomplish His will.  The Church is the body of Christ, the visible manifestation on the earth of the redeeming work of Christ.  However, if we are “the only Jesus they’ll ever know,” then something is terribly wrong.