Nobody wakes up one morning around age fifty and thinks, Wow, would you look at that? I became a saint. Weird. Or Hmm, it seems I’ve been living the Sermon on the Mount. I’m increasingly free of all worry, care, judgmentalism, lust, and anger; money no longer has a hold on my heart; I’m no longer run by fear and the need to look good to other people; I feel free; I’ve been pervaded by love, even love for my enemies. What a nice coincidence. Yeah…no. Formation will happen to you, per our earlier argument, with zero conscious decision on your part, but formation into a person of love in Christ
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