tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558980250242671917.post8020158186981537358..comments2023-07-21T04:42:37.885-04:00Comments on Unfolding Mystery: Close and Yet SeparatedRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630150578438657112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558980250242671917.post-67268891719762726942008-08-15T07:54:00.000-04:002008-08-15T07:54:00.000-04:00Amy,Loved your thoughts, thank you so much.I see t...Amy,<BR/><BR/>Loved your thoughts, thank you so much.<BR/><BR/>I see the uniqueness of who we are in Him being those very expressions of His unfathomable grace, and each of us displaying a unique facet of His amazing Grace. :)Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630150578438657112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558980250242671917.post-80359236561006926942008-08-15T07:12:00.000-04:002008-08-15T07:12:00.000-04:00free spirit,I liked what you said here, the kicker...free spirit,<BR/><BR/>I liked what you said here, the kicker imo is this, that even though Christ is IN us, without revelation that freely flows from Papa's heart to us, we will try to bridge that supposed gap.<BR/><BR/>One of the main issues I see all around me within the body of Christ is this. The devil was powerless in stopping who-so-ever from being reborn, but we and that also includes who-so-ever when we give a mind to the flesh, we cease growing. <BR/><BR/>Papa's ultimate intention is not the birthing of sons, but the making of them imo.<BR/>We are reborn in a second, but its the fully formed life of His son in us that is the making of those sons.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630150578438657112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558980250242671917.post-58456831928098350692008-08-12T13:13:00.000-04:002008-08-12T13:13:00.000-04:00Rich,Amen. Great Blog!This post contains several e...Rich,<BR/>Amen. Great Blog!<BR/><BR/>This post contains several excellent points. I love:<BR/><BR/>"...no amount of doing can earn us a place in the Father’s presence."<BR/><BR/>"...when God moves it is always His place to take the first step."<BR/><BR/>"...When the Father made His greatest commitment to humanity there was no question of any action being required on our part."<BR/><BR/>"...When Christ died for us we didn’t even understand what was going on so action on our part was totally out of the question."<BR/><BR/>In answering the questions in your last paragrah: Yes! Life and faith in God IS indeed a moment-by-moment trusting, surrendering (choice) to Father.<BR/><BR/>It is NOT anything we do...any energy required through our fleshly desires to produce "Christ likeness?"<BR/><BR/>All Believers are given a New Heart at the moment of salvation. Because the Spirit now resides in us, we all desire Godliness. We all long for Christ to fully manifest in us. <BR/><BR/>However, I have a "problem" with the common cliche so often misused, "I want to be just like Christ." Now, yes...I want to "be" like Christ, as in living love, living grace, living fruitfully, living relationship and living by sinning as least as possible, having relationship. But I so often think people think that being Christlike means literally ditching their own unique personalities, interests, hobbies, skills, and gifts to the wayside to literally be more like Christ. This idea is totally wrong. Being Christlike, to me, means being our whole true selves that we were meant to be as our Maker uniquely created us as. Of course, this also includes walking/living out the Godliness characteristics as I mentioned above.<BR/><BR/>~Amy :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558980250242671917.post-77961032273359174032008-08-12T12:03:00.000-04:002008-08-12T12:03:00.000-04:00GOOD WORDS, brother! I feel like I've spent a lot ...GOOD WORDS, brother! <BR/>I feel like I've spent a lot of time, so close to Him and yet oh, so far away!!Free Spirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942692680513002360noreply@blogger.com