In short, we must change our very self-image rather than just be told some new things to see or do. To be a Christian is to objectively know that we share the same identity that Jesus enjoyed as both human and divine, which is what it means to “follow” him. I, in fact, believe that this is the whole point of the Gospel and the Incarnation. (Read John 14 and 15 in their entirety, lest you think I am overstating my position, or study the early Fathers
