General Conference, ‘Becoming Like Him,’ October 2020 “Becoming as Jesus Christ is will require changing our hearts and minds, indeed, 
our very character… By focusing deeply on one needed attribute, as you progress in obtaining that attribute, other attributes begin to accrue.” — Scott D. Whiting
Galatians 1:15-16 “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood”.
Originally, we planned on posting a few quick quotes from the Conference, but when I came across the talk noted above, things changed. We’ll get back to notable quotes tomorrow!
Mr. Whiting’s talk serves as an example of how the Church’s teachings fall way short of what God proclaims.
Practicing to get better at one of the attributes of Christ will get a person nowhere fast. Mr. Whiting’s explanation of how to become like Christ reminds me of the old saying, ‘they’re as busy as a one-legged chicken’. They’re busy doing something all right, but what?
As Oswald Chambers pointed out, the biggest problem Jesus is up against is me. In part, here’s what he said –
“If Jesus Christ is to regenerate me, what is the problem He is up against? I have a heredity I had no say in; I am not holy, nor likely to be; and if all Jesus Christ can do is to tell me I must be holy, His teaching plants despair. But if Jesus Christ is a Regenerator, One Who can put into me His own heredity of holiness, then I begin to see what He is driving at when He says that I have to be holy.
Redemption means that Jesus Christ can put into any man the hereditary disposition that was in Himself, and all the standards He gives are based on that disposition: His teaching is for the life He puts in. The moral transaction on my part is agreement with God’s verdict on sin in the Cross of Jesus Christ…” — My Utmost for His Highest. October 6
The key here is admitting you need Him. There’s no need to ask others where you can improve as Mr. Whiting stated (see full speech), nor is there a need to ask for one of His attributes. They’ve made things so complicated!
The problem in Mr. Whiting’s talk is the missing element of submission to Jesus, and admitting you need a Redeemer. Trying, or practicing, to become better will never happen until you admit you’re a sinner with a flawed nature. This is something the Church avoids at all costs.
Pray for Jesus to open their hearts and accept the truth!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
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