What is the difference between an old family car and a race car, a Ferrari? It's huge, isn't it?. Similarly the difference between man and God is huge. Can an old car run like the Ferrari? Definitely not. Even if we modify it, change the engine, the suspension, the aerodynamics, everything in it, it will never go like a Ferrari. t will be somewhat faster and that is how much it can be improved.
Can a man walk like God? Is it possible for us to walk/think/feel/behave like Christ? Think of that old car. Even if we try our best we will never succeed to walk like Christ. It is above our abilities. t is above our nature.
God is sinless. His nature is sinless. He doesn't have to fight sin. Sin simply can not touch Him. But we are not. Actually we are sinful. Our nature is sinful.
"God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:"( James 1:13). But we are tempted. Very easily.
God doesn't have try to love someone. Love just comes out of Him naturaly. Because His nature is love. God is love. But we are not love. We can hardly love ourselves. How is it possible to love our enemies?
So we have two different persons with different natures and different abilities. But God wishes us to become like Him. Does God ask the impossible from us? At first sight it seems so.
So we have a problem without a solution? What is the solution?
The miising thing in this problem is called "God's grace". God's grace is what bridges man to God. It is the Holy Spirit who enables us to walk like Jesus. There is no other way for people to become like Christ. It does not depend on our abilities, our ethics. Those will not get us far away. It is like a father who asks his child to run, say, 50 miles. And the child is exhausted after a couple of miles. How can that child run the remaining 48 miles? Similarly man can not go far with their own abilities.
What is the difference between an old family car and a race car, a Ferrari? It's huge, isn't it?. Similarly the difference between man and God is huge. Can an old car run like the Ferrari? Definitely not. Even if we modify it, change the engine, the suspension, the aerodynamics, everything in it, it will never go like a Ferrari. t will be somewhat faster and that is how much it can be improved.
Can a man walk like God? Is it possible for us to walk/think/feel/behave like Christ? Think of that old car. Even if we try our best we will never succeed to walk like Christ. It is above our abilities. t is above our nature.
God is sinless. His nature is sinless. He doesn't have to fight sin. Sin simply can not touch Him. But we are not. Actually we are sinful. Our nature is sinful.
"God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:"( James 1:13). But we are tempted. Very easily.
God doesn't have try to love someone. Love just comes out of Him naturaly. Because His nature is love. God is love. But we are not love. We can hardly love ourselves. How is it possible to love our enemies?
So we have two different persons with different natures and different abilities. But God wishes us to become like Him. Does God ask the impossible from us? At first sight it seems so.
So we have a problem without a solution? What is the solution?
The miising thing in this problem is called "God's grace". God's grace is what bridges man to God. It is the Holy Spirit who enables us to walk like Jesus. There is no other way for people to become like Christ. It does not depend on our abilities, our ethics. Those will not get us far away. It is like a father who asks his child to run, say, 50 miles. And the child is exhausted after a couple of miles. How can that child run the remaining 48 miles? Similarly man can not go far with their own abilities.
...see pt2
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