What could it be that, when seen, led Saul to give up everything that had driven him to that point in his life, to completely change from a life of comfort and respect to a life of imprisonment and beatings and lashes and shipwrecks, to become Paul?
Tested, mature Christians who have taken up the cross may still not have given all to Christ.
Dryness. Suffering. Unanswered prayer and a God who seems to be missing in action.
How does the Holy Spirit work? What does he do? How do you know if he is at work in you?
They publicly sign up and pay the fee and agree to come to games. Perhaps they are baptized or confirmed or publicly profess their faith. They are soccer players. They have joined the rec league.
Are there levels in Christianity? Can you level up as in a video game? Are there graduation ceremonies and opening convocations? Are there different leagues?
“Like God.” That’s an audacious claim. Absurdly so? Will we be omnipotent and omniscient? What can you do with such a claim?
OK, this is confusing. John says, “if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us,” and then he proclaims that “no one who abides in him sins.” Um, John, did you forget what you just said on the previous page?