A Personal Relationship with Christ"Then, there comes a time when the Christian has, comparatively speaking, a mature understanding of what the Bible teaches, or what God expects of us as followers or disciples. "It’s important to add that we never become perfected on earth," the Reverend emphasized. "The Bible says that when we see him in heaven, we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is — in his beauty, in his complete, divine holiness and perfection. But you and I will never attain that in this life. We do not believe in sinless perfection. We don’t believe the Bible teaches it. As long as I am in this mortal body — in the flesh, as we say — every day I ask God to forgive me for the sins I have committed, and rejoice that the love of Jesus Christ continually cleanses me from all sins. "The Christian has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. That’s the main point. And if you can get God into your picture, then God will help you, the individual. What you can’t change in your own heart — alcoholism, for example — God will change in your heart. God will remove the desire for alcohol. And God, within your life, will enable you to become an overcomer. A Christian has invited Jesus Christ to live within him." |
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