When we receive God's gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.
The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.
Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke...
My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing -- by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.