John Stott Address at Keswick
Dr. John Stott – ‘The model – becoming more like Christ.’ Sermon
delivered at the Keswick Convention July 17th 2007.
I remember very vividly, some years ago, that the question which
perplexed me as a younger Christian (and some of my friends as well) was
this: what is God’s purpose for His people? Granted that we have been
converted, granted that we have been saved and received new life in
Jesus Christ, what comes next? Of course, we knew the famous statement
of the Westminster Shorter Catechism: that man’s chief end is to glorify
God and to enjoy Him forever: we knew that, and we believed it. We also
toyed with some briefer statements, like one of only five words – love
God, love your neighbour. But somehow neither of these, nor some others
that we could mention, seemed wholly satisfactory. So I want to share
with you where my mind has come to rest as I approach the end of my
pilgrimage on earth and it is – God wants His people to become like
Christ. Christlikeness is the will of God for the people of God...
.... There was a Hindu professor in India who once identified one of his
students as a Christian and said to him: ‘If you Christians lived like
Jesus Christ, India would be at your feet tomorrow.’ I think India would
be at their feet today if we Christians lived like Christ. From the
Islamic world, the Reverend Iskandar Jadeed, a former Arab Muslim, has
said ‘If all Christians were Christians – that is, Christlike – there
would be no more Islam today.’
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