God is morally perfect and therefore cannot be in relationship with people who are still in their sin. We are made of a different substance than God and have been cut off from vertical relationship with Him through wicked works. The doctrine of Christ Consciousness teaches that people and God are inherently connected ontologically (which we have seen is false), and that relationship with God can be had instantaneously upon a shift of consciousness from ego to “presence.” This overlooks the function of the cross, the Old Testament sacrificial system, and the entire New Covenant God has made
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