But
how is [one] to be united to God? How is it possible for us to be taken into
the three-Personal life?
…We
are not begotten by God, we are only made by Him: in our natural state we are
not [children] of God, only (so to speak) statues. We have not got Zoe or
spiritual life: only Bios or biological life which is presently going to run
down and die. Now the whole offer which Christianity makes is this: that we
can, if we let God have His way, come to share in the life of Christ. If we do,
we shall then be sharing a life which was begotten, not made, which always has
existed and always will exist. Christ is the Son of God. If we share in this
kind of life we also shall be [children] of God. We shall love the Father as He
does and the Holy [Spirit] will arise in us. He came to this world and became a
man in order to spread to other [human beings] the kind of life He has -- by
what I call ‘good infection’. Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The
whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.
-- C.S. Lewis in Mere
Christianity
#3507
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thank you for sharing your comments about a quote or about this ministry. Please include your name and what state or country you live in. If you do not have a registered profile, you can login using the "Anonymous" tag in the "Comment as:" box below.
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.