We can’t live the Christian life…
God never intended us to live the Christian life. We can’t do it. We never have done it. God is the only one who can live that life through us.
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
We rely upon Him, trust in Him, and allow Him to live His life in and through us.
Will you go to your grave in the bondage of trying to please God, trying to perform, to live up to, and to be good enough to get His acceptance?
-Charles Stanley
Tags: Theology
January 29th, 2005 at 7:11 pm
God intends you to live the Christian life. If you are among
Christ’s body, God requires this of you, and not of a copy, to
take up your cross and follow Christ. Some seem to expect God
to clone themselves, send the perfect clone to Heaven, while
they go to Hell. Sanctification is a lifelong process.
Christ can redeem you and make you absolutely spotless in a
moment. We have to live life in the limitations of the present, walking by faith.
March 8th, 2005 at 6:34 pm
Just to clarify so the point is not missed: We should live the Christian life, but we can’t do it … apart from the Holy Spirit. We have to die to ’self’ and let the Spirit work.