23/09/2024
Galatians 2:20
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life that I now live in my body, I live by faith, indeed, by the faithfulness of God’s Son, who loved me and gave himself for me."
His goal is to free us from:
- fires of hell, but also,
- our slavery to sin,
- our bo***ge to self, and
- our functional idolatry (wanting to be like anything other than Jesus!)
…so that we can take on his character! Become like him!
John Calvin’s quoted statement that, “Our hearts are idol factories.”
“When we look to created things instead of God for our ultimate needs, we bow down before idols and become enslaved to them.”
"When we turn to Him in faith and obedience, we destroy the idols that we erect in our hearts."
-How People Change (book)