tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9809004.post6782280829078062895..comments2023-08-27T05:18:50.285-04:00Comments on Diary of a reformed poser: How then should we live?Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10162953943510940095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9809004.post-53335763703214170152008-11-26T13:08:00.000-05:002008-11-26T13:08:00.000-05:00It is a growth process, but one that we cannot liv...It is a growth process, but one that we cannot live in. We tend to use this as a crutch and never get past "issues" Some of us are afraid to live outside of chaos, or troubles, or pain. We have lived there for so long that we are not comforatable with anything else.<BR/><BR/>Allow me to take it a step further. We never lost the image, only lost sight. When we come to Christ I believe to be the first step. For some they are 100% transformed and are at that place. For others, life circumstances force them to go a longer process. However, at that acceptance the person is brought in at an instant, not completely understanding, but made whole in the image. I think we believe that Jesus is outside looking in wanting to be in relationship with us. Rather this image "thing" is about Jesus not on the outside but never left in the first place. He has always been there, we just don't recognize it, until we turn from our own ways and acknowledge His.<BR/><BR/>The difference in all of this, we do not grow into Christ, He grows in us as we allow Him, vine and the branch. He will not give more than we are ready to receive. If we still hold tight to areas of our lives where we are not willing to let Him control then He will not dwell there. And dwell is another interesting concept too that can take us in so many different areas. The idea of dwell is a verb in the inhabitance role, it is something that is an action on two parts, His giving and our receiving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9809004.post-16202365228753766982008-11-26T11:47:00.000-05:002008-11-26T11:47:00.000-05:00I don't disagree, but I would like you to clarify ...I don't disagree, but I would like you to clarify this statemtent:"If we can change our thinking into understanding that we were created to BE Christ, not be like, not grow into, but be IN Christ it changes everything."<BR/><BR/>Is not the Being Christ a process of growth? I don't understand it to be an instantaneous process, but rather one of growth and progressive revelation by the Spirit.<BR/><BR/>Do you agree?Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162953943510940095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9809004.post-21949067957164058292008-11-26T11:20:00.000-05:002008-11-26T11:20:00.000-05:00Image is something I have been studying for quite ...Image is something I have been studying for quite some time and is extremely humbling and exciting. I have found very distinct differences in Likeness and Image. At the original language and context it does not mean likeness at all. It means exact representation of. This is very distinct in likeness. We have grown up in the "rules" and calling ourselves "little Christ" which on one hand is justified yet on the other not biblical. If we can change our thinking into understanding that we were created to BE Christ, not be like, not grow into, but be IN Christ it changes everything. It changes how we live, how we think, etc... This is such an important understanding that can help shape a person. To know that we were created in His Image, that we are a vessel for Him to live through, it forces us to take hold and change how we view christianity.<BR/><BR/>I am not going to go into it, but it is again brought up in Revelation where we are invited in to be a part of the Trinity. Talk to Jeremiah Bolich about this, this is what he has been preaching for the last 2 years. It is not being an equal in the Trinity...just want to set that straight now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com