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Originally Posted by Igzy
To me taking Christ as my person meant my person disappears and only Christ is left. Like I said, I don't know what that means because I've never been able to experience it.
If taking Christ as your person simply means being focused on Christ as the special person in your life, to the point you respond to his gaze then I have no problem with that. But why not just say so, rather than the vague "take Christ as your person," which could be interpreted any number of ways?
I remember Lee saying that taking Christ as your person was higher than taking Christ as your life. But I think that was a misteaching because Christ is life.
I think Lee spent too much time thinking up new teachings when he should have been preaching the gospel or working in service groups or something like that.
Further, following the gaze of Christ does not imply that Christ teaches you everything about everything day in and day out. We do many things from memory, experience, tradition, agreement and convention. That doesn't change the fact that Christ is the way to the Father's house in our daily experience.
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I'm recounting how I remember Lee's teaching on taking Christ as your person from 25 years ago. If my recollection serves me, it wasn't a matter of personality replacement. Beyond that, I won't quibble with you about the details. We each have to work out our own salvation right?