the basis of their new identity as a “Christ-one,” a
Christian. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; old
things have passed away, behold all thing have become
new” (II Cor. 5:17). The Christian does not have an
assumed identity, but the real identity wherein “Christ lives
in me” (Gal. 2:20). The Christian is not playing a role, but
the essential reality of the life of Jesus Christ indwells
within and is to function through his/her behavior. The
ontological Being of Jesus Christ, the “I AM,” constitutes
who we are and what we do. It is an actual living-out of the
life of Jesus Christ in the Christian’s behavior.
It is not “make-believe.” Christianity is real-believe.
Faith involves the receptivity of the activity of the life of
Jesus Christ in the believer. It is the receptivity of divine
reality; the Being of Christ expressed in our behavior.
There is a vast difference between acting out a role or
part, and acting in our behavior by the expression of the life
of Jesus Christ lived out through us. Trying to “stay in
character” throughout the religious “performance” is very
difficult and demanding, but Jesus Christ wants to
"manifest His life in our mortal bodies" (II Cor. 4:10,11),
His character in our behavior. We are not called to the
wallpaper
(WallPaper)
#1