[metmom]

How do you have the “model of Christ?” Who gave it to you?

The Holy Spirit in Scripture.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Matthew 22:37-40 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

[count-your-change]

I think the role of the holy spirit is much under appreciated as it pertains to our understanding of Scripture.
For our sincere efforts we are not going to be handed a stone instead of a loaf of understanding but those beggars for spirit are blessed. (Matt. 5:3)