unique in Christ

[Christ_empowered]

I have this book of CS Lewis quotes. Its supposed to be a quote, or a thought--anywhere from a sentence to a short paragraph or so--per day. I, of course, just read and re-read through the whole thing, lol.

Anyway, there's this one where he says, basically, that sinners are all alike but Christians are unique as snow flakes. I tend to think he's right.

People in and of the world have their own issues and everything, but, now that I'm a Christian, I kinda see that they're mostly (and I was, too) pretty much alike. One of the beautiful things about a relationship with Jesus is that He'll change you, but its like He changes you into someone so different from who the world created.

What do you all think? When I was in Teen Challenge (good program, btw--beats psych hospitals for druggies), they always told us that we weren't being brainwashed by them; we'd been brainwashed by the world and they were really trying to get us to see the truth. I dunno...kinda creeped me out back then, but I see their point now, post-repentance. It seems that the way the world is, we're molded by our upbringing, jobs, education, social status, so on and so forth. The only way I can think of to true "individuality" (not that being unique is important in and of itself, but still....) is through Christ Jesus.

 

[AirDancer]

Amen!

 

[Deborah13]

:amen Well said, CE.

 

[Eugene]

Christ_empowered, Rom 3:9 talks of the world in this manner: “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.”

1 John 5:18 speaks of us in Christ regardless of our shortcoming: “We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not.”

Can you see yourself kept by God that Satan can’t even touch, and not you? Finish reading 1 John 5:18: “But he that is begotten of God (Jesus) keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.”

 

[agua.]

Cool CE interesting. We sorta become free to be our God given true self in Christ.

1Co 12:14-18 For the body is not one member, but many. (15) If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? (16) And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? (17) If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? (18) But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

 

[for_his_glory]

1Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

This is what we have all become now that we are in Christ and he in us. Old things are past away leaving us with new things of God that changes us for His delight of us as truly being His child that brings glory to His name.

 

[Clover me]

Cool CE interesting. We sorta become free to be our God given true self in Christ.

1Co 12:14-18 For the body is not one member, but many. (15) If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? (16) And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? (17) If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? (18) But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

I am not sure where I fit in yet but, I really like your post.