Reality: There has only been one who God likes just the way He is... all the rest of us have room for vast improvement and change. And, (here's the catch-22 part) if you don't agree with this statement, you only prove the statement accurate.
Hint: We come as we are, but we don't stay the way we are, we expect to be changed. (But we don't set the criteria of how we are changed, that only comes from God.)
Another solution: We can just create our own god who doesn't adhere to God's revelation of Himself or His relationship with humanity. That brings us back to the original myth opinion!
God might tolerate us the way we are, but He would approve of us far greater if we were more like Jesus... and when our relationship with Jesus changes and becomes authentic, God sees us as one approved by His Son. We have now gotten over the hump of "just the way I am" mentality!
"The Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ." (Galatians 3:22)
"a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased." (Mark 1:11)
(art from "But Jesus Paid it All" video)
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