Essential Goal of Christianity???

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Pursuing the spirit of love and allowing righteousness to flow from the spirit of love is an act of 'human will and effort'.

God's 'goal' is to have a people who express his nature and character for eternity. Man messed up, so therefore God redeems man, transforms him by his power. The transformation is not yet complete (and will not be complete until Judgement Day. And the transformation of man is itself only the beginning of God's purposes for mankind.

God is not interested in any 'evolution of man's consciousness' or any such thing. There is no evolution about it. There is transformation. It is abrupt and sudden - conversion is an abrupt, sudden, 'crisis experience'. Regeneration is an abrupt, sudden 'crisis experience'. Resurrection will most definitely be an 'abrupt, sudden, crisis experience'. And Judgement Day will without question be an abrupt, sudden, crisis experience for all mankind.

pursuing and allowing can also be construed as the work of god if he is the initiator and motivator. your second paragraph is utter nonsense. paul talks about being babes in christ, growing to the fulness and stature of christ, renewing the mind etc all of these imply a growth in awareness, knowledge, wisdom or evolution of consciousness.