Christianity is all about being christed or anointed, like Jesus Christ. It is about becoming like Jesus Christ. The big question though is, if Christianity is all about becoming like Jesus Christ, why are most Christians not anywhere near an approximation of Jesus?

Kei144:
Christianity is all about being christed or anointed, like Jesus Christ. It is about becoming like Jesus Christ. The big question though is, if Christianity is all about becoming like Jesus Christ, why are most Christians not anywhere near an approximation of Jesus?

Obviously, the answer to the above question is lack of knowledge. Christians haven't figured out how to practically become like Jesus Christ. Christian leaders have come up with different doctrines to cover up for not actually becoming like Jesus. one doctrine that is currently popular says that when God looks at a "born again" Christian, He sees a replica of Jesus, because the "born again" Christian is clothed with Christ's righteousness. God doesn't see the Christian's sinfulness, but rather sees Christ's righteousness.

The big problem with this great doctrine is that we human beings see the "born again" Christian's sinfulness; and the angels probably also see it.

Speaking only for myself. Cannot imagine what I would be like today without Christ. I know what I was like before Him, and it was not good.

Praise be to God for this testimony of your life. Many born again Christians have this kind of testimony. it is an indication of spiritual progress. However, we are still far away from the ultimate goal, which is to become really like Jesus.

1Jn. 3:2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
1Jn. 3:3 Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

When Jesus comes to take his own in the rapture, he is coming for people who are like him. Born again Christians are saying that Jesus could appear today and take them home; how many born again Christians are like Jesus? If you are in doubt about the caliber of people Jesus will be snatching up to heaven, read Ep. 5:27.

The Journey to Becoming Like Jesus

Col. 2:9 For in Christ all the fulness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
Col. 2:10 and you have been given fulness in Christ, who is the Head over every power and authority.

All the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form in Christ. God has also given all who are in Christ fullness of the Deity. Note in Col. 2:9-10 how close we could approximate Jesus. There is a difference between all the fullness and just fullness. As i explained in this https://www.nairaland.com/4287136/getting-glory-god#64163310, there are different levels of the Deity.

The starting point in the process that leads to being like Jesus is to be baptized into Christ, in water and in the Spirit. As Apostle Peter described it:

Ac. 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptised, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

This is how Apostle Paul baptized people into Christ, in water and in the Spirit:

Ac. 19:5 On hearing this, they were baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Ac. 19:6 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues [Or other languages] and prophesied.

The person that i baptized into Jesus Christ, in water and in the Spirit, has received the first level of the Deity, just as Jesus received during his baptism in the River Jordan. the first level of the Deity cannot be called fullness (Col. 2:9). this is what 2Co. 5:5 calls it:

2Co. 5:5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

That which is to come is the fullness of the Deity. But it only comes to those who overcome.

You must be BornAgain to be like Jesus Christ.

Mt. 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

After Jesus received the Holy Spirit in the River Jordan, the Spirit drove him into the wild to be tempted by Satan. Where Jesus was driven to could be the original site of the Garden of God. There must be a reason why God is so much interested in the land of Israel. Jesus being an Adam, was being tested to see if he would receive the fruit of Satan as the original Adam did.

For a Christian who has received the Holy Spirit, s/he will not be tested to see if s/he will receive the fruit of Satan because the fruit of Satan is already in her/him. The Roman Catholics invented this false doctrine that water baptism washes away the original sin. The born agains followed suite with the doctrine that once you receive Christ (the Holy Spirit) in your life, your sins are washed away and you become a brand new person. the reality is that what the Holy Spirit brings into a Christian is divine power and the authority to operate that power. What the Christian does with the power is up to her/him.

The test for the Christian therefore is to see if s/he will use the power in her/him to drive out evil spirits in her/him. As the evil spirits are driven out, the Christian grows in righteousness. I explained how to do this in this thread https://www.nairaland.com/4489388/purification-soul.

Mt. 4:10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: `Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’“
Mt. 4:11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

Lk. 4:14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.

Jesus totally rejected Satan and his fruit. God sent His angels to raise Jesus to the next level of the Deity. It was in this new level that Jesus began to manifest as the Son of God. In the same way, when a Christian casts out all evil spirits in her/him, and pray for their replacement with the presence of God, God will promote the Christian to Level 2 of the Deity. It is at Level 2 that manifestation of the sons of God begins to take place.

The council of Nicea invented Christianity as a means of social engineering, but most importantly as a mockery against God almighty..

Watch "Satan's family - greatest deception" 3 on YouTube..

sonmvayina:
The council of Nicea invented Christianity
as a means of social engineering,
but most importantly as a mockery against God almighty..

Watch "Satan's family - greatest deception" 3 on YouTube..

Thank you ojaare

Interesting to see how therapeutic Christianity can be to our restless bestial nature.

Does Christianity really change the bestial makeup of man? Can Christianity succeed to quieten man's ambitions or emotions or passions or impulses which often overcome his sense of reasoning and drive man to anger sin and all?

Kay17:
Interesting to see how therapeutic Christianity can be to our restless bestial nature.

Does Christianity really change the bestial makeup of man? Can Christianity succeed to quieten man's ambitions or emotions or passions or impulses which often overcome his sense of reasoning and drive man to anger sin and all?

Usual Christianity does influence man's ambitions or emotions or passions or impulses; albeit only temporarily. A man or woman may be full of dangerous ambitions or emotions or passions or impulses and then hears a gospel message preached by a man full of the Holy Spirit. Such a message could quench all those ambitions or emotions or passions or impulses. The only problem is that another kind of ambitions or emotions or passions or impulses could still rise up in the same person next time.

In this end time, God is making the principles of His kingdom clearer to His chosen servants. Christianity is about to depart from "usual" to "extra-usual". In my last thread, https://www.nairaland.com/4489388/purification-soul, I presented some principles that can change the bestial makeup of man. You will not be able to appreciate the power of the principles until you put them into practice. The problem though is that only someone who is baptized into Jesus Christ is guaranteed to experience the power of the principles when put into practice. The current thread is a followup on the previous thread.