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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