Holiday Movie and Holy Words

The Chronicles of Narnia is a holiday movie based on the book by late British author C.S. Lewis. Following are excerpts from his book Mere Christianity (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1960, 62-65) that helps articulate the message of my heart.

In Christ a new kind of man appeared, and the new kind of life which began in Him is to be put into us. The Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.

When Christians speak of being "in Christ" or of Christ being "in them," this is not simply a way of saying that they are thinking about Christ or copying Him. They mean that Christ is actually operating in them.

© 2005 Gregg Gibbons