Why Are So Many Who Do Love God Straying From the Truth of the Identity of Jesus

The epistles are apostolic letters directed to believers of Jesus Christ.  They emphasize the working of the Holy Spirit on the earth to bring people to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and the need to repent of our sins.  The working of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of followers will bring about holiness.  He has been sent to convict the world of sin and then to enforce the finished work of the cross. Sanctification is a reoccuring theme throughout the apostles' letters to the church.  The Holy Spirit yearns for us to open our hearts to His work.  We will be amazed at the evil that lurks in hiding because we have not spent the time asking the Holy Spirit to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

One of the reasons that so many are trying to be like Jesus instead of understanding that we are to yield to the Holy Spirit revealing Jesus through our lives, is because we are still trying to prove that we have value or purpose.  Many have been content to believe that Jesus was just our "older brother" who showed us what we should be like.  The emphasis for many has turned to who we are in Christ instead of who He is in us.  The work of sanctification will free us from our own insecurities or highmindedness.  We would understand that God is not trying to use us but that His love completes us.  Then our love for Him draws us to spend time in His presence.  Becoming intimate with Christ will lead to fellowship with the Heavenly Father.  Our identity will no longer be about what we do or what we have, but will be based on who He is and what He did.  Unconditional love will heal our broken hearted places. Our greatest joy will be spending time with Him.  Then our only motivation for ministry will be to share Him with others.  His love pouring into us and then out of us to the world.   I hope you spend some time listening to the teaching on Beauty For Ashes web site.  Check out the video's in our media department and find hours of teaching and inner healing that will set you free to be content just knowing this awesome God who came in skin to die for us.  He then made a way for His Spirit to live in our skin (flesh) so as to bring forth a new creation that changes everything about our exsistance.  Oh this relationship with God is so deep and beautiful.