So, this is my point. I am convinced that every Christian
can enjoy a growing experience of the life of God now. There will be times,
when you hit a bump in the road, that it may not feel like you're developing a
greater experience of life. But when you see that bump in the larger context,
it becomes clear that even that experience of suffering was intended to move
you into more of the life of God. So, while we will all be at different places
in the process, the normal Christian life is one in which there is change. The
normal Christian life is about a greater enjoyment of open and intimate
relationships with the Father, the Son and the Spirit. And this change will
show. And one place in which it will show will be in the relationships that we
have with each other. Those relationships will likewise be increasingly open,
intimate and enjoyable. Jesus has come so that we can enjoy the life of God and
to enjoy it abundantly. Settling for
less than that is a great sin that is rooted in unbelief, a failure to believe
Jesus.
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