Faith That Reflects Christ
Jesus is the prototype of our faith, so when God beholds Him in our faith He says of us, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” (Mathew 17:5) The apostles and elders of the Second 8 th Week often talk about how we must now build faith in the image of Christ when before the new covenant, the children of Israel were building their faith according to the pattern given to Moses on the mount. God has raised up a new steward like Moses in these last days whom He has given the pattern and blueprint of truth (Jesus Christ) for the Church to build and bond with. To build faith in the image of Christ is therefore to follow this pattern for the expression of our faith, our faith taking the correct form of activity. Faith is the element of the gospel that allows us to observe Christ in the pattern of truth to do righteousness, and to receive the things from above and to communicate back to God what He issued for a reward of increase in the soul with the fruits of the Sp...