Christian gospel "down the river" into mere morality!
Christian religion has taught The Imitation of Christ
(Thomas A'Kempis) by walking In His Steps (Charles
Sheldon) in order to be Like Christ (Andrew Murray).
Paul's explanation of Christian behavior is that of "the
manifestation of the life of Jesus in our mortal bodies" (II
Cor. 4:10,11); not by any human imitation of Christ's
behavioral goodness. Christian living is not "monkey see,
monkey do," the parroting or aping of reproduced external
behavior. The distinctive of Christian behavior is that the
life of Jesus Christ is lived out in our behavior, the
character of God's goodness manifested in our behavior. "It
is no longer I who lives, but Christ lives in me, and the life
that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me" (Gal.
2:20). The expression of behavioral goodness is not by any
capability or effort from within man. Jesus said, "Apart
from Me, you can do nothing" (John 15:5). Apart from
Jesus, we can do nothing that manifests the character of
God. Apart from Jesus, we can do nothing good. Apart
from Jesus, we can do nothing that glorifies God. Apart
from Jesus, we can do nothing that qualifies as Christian
behavior.
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