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Originally Posted by aron
I completely and strenuously disagree. There is one Christ. No one else has his status. Nobody should elevate themselves. In due time, yes he'll elevate his servants at the Bema. But any who elevate (or 'centers' as in, 'I'm the center') themselves will err. Only Christ is sinless obedient Lamb of God. He has status unshared. We are excluded. We believe, and vicariously do share in some sense, but only as we believe in him. To focus on ourselves, our faith, our status, our position, is to fall away from him.
It's like the Gorgon. If you look at the Gorgon you die. Only by looking at the Shield (Christ) you live. The only 'reality' is through the Shield. Everything else, including and especially us, is tainted. Because of sin we are the Gorgon. Because of his sinless obedience is the Way.
You just have to look at Jesus. Look at nothing else.
(when I say 'you' of course that is self-talk. Anyone is free to do whatever they please)
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I don't think that observation is balanced with other scripture, bro! So what do you do when Hebrews (2nd chapter) says, "He is not ashamed to call them brethren?" And when Christ says He is one with us? Just figures of speech?
And to keep saying this is just a distraction from Christ isn't true - it's who He has made us! We shouldn't be unaware of who we are, as scripture endeavors to tells us over & over in much detail who we are.