God has created man in His own image. Just as a glove is made in the image of a hand to contain a hand, so also man is made in the image of God to contain God. When man receives God into him, he can then express God. Man is made as a vessel with three parts: a body, a soul, and a spirit. The body can contact and receive the things of the physical realm. The soul can contact and receive the things of the psychological realm. The spirit, the innermost part of man, can contact and receive God Himself. Man was created not merely to contain food in his stomach, or to contain knowledge in his mind, but to contain God in his spirit.
Although God created man in His image in order to contain Him, man sinned, and sin entered into man. Sin damaged all three parts of man, alienating him from God. Man could not receive God in this fallen condition. Nevertheless, man’s fall did not deter God from fulfilling His plan. God took several steps in order to accomplish His plan. First, God became a man called Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ lived a perfect, sinless life for 33 ½ years. Then he died on the cross to redeem man, thus forgiving him of his sins and bringing him back to God. Finally, in resurrection, Jesus Christ became the life-giving Spirit so that He could dispense Himself into man’s spirit.
To become a Christian is very easy. The Lord Jesus has accomplished all that is needed for man’s salvation, and man can now receive God as his eternal life into his spirit. The Bible calls this regeneration. To receive the Lord Jesus Christ as his eternal life, man must simply repent to God and believe into the Lord Jesus Christ and all that He has accomplished for him.
Simply come to the Lord Jesus with an open and honest heart and say to Him:
Lord Jesus, I am a sinner. I really need You. Thank You for dying for me. Lord Jesus, forgive me. Cleanse me from all my sins. I believe You rose from the dead. I receive You right now as my Savior and life. Come into me and fill me with your life! Lord Jesus, I love You! I give myself to You for Your purpose. Amen.
After regeneration, a Christian needs to be baptized. Then the Lord Jesus begins the wonderful, lifelong process of gradually spreading Himself as life from a Christian’s spirit into his soul. The Lord’s spreading Himself as life within a Christian requires human cooperation. This cooperation affords the Lord the way to spread into a Christian’s soul until all of his mind, emotion, and will become one with Christ. Finally, at Christ’s glorious return, He will fully saturate the Christian’s body with His life. Thus, instead of being empty and fallen, a Christian is filled and saturated with God as life! Such a man now expresses God, fulfilling God’s plan!