abiding in Christ

"Pray urgently and fervently for a yearning, aching realization of your need for God- how dark and meaningless everything in life is without Him: how bright and full and purposeful everything is with Him. Christ has in God's love opened and illuminated the way to God and to life and this is perfect obedience. We cannot achieve this of ourselves, but we can be covered by that of Christ, IF we enter into and abide in Christ. Entry into Christ is by knowledge, belief, and baptism. Abiding in Christ is by total dedication to learning and developing and obedience, and putting all we have and are into his service. We find no other way to life promised in the scriptures. Any who promise or expect an easier one is deceiving and being deceived."