The Bible constantly calls us to meaningful activity. There is real work to do. God wants every individuality to remain distinct. Union with Christ does not mean the mystical absorption of the human into the divine. He does not intend to denigrate the significance of human personality.
Redemption means the restoration of true selfhood and the dignity of true self-possession.
The Holy Spirit calls the human faculties into exercise, and man, as a responsible agent, is given the inestimable privilege of being a laborer together with God. By this error the door is left open to the strangest human eccentricities. The Christian life is not just a matter of being a passive channel for the Spirit. The Bible constantly calls us to meaningful activity. There is real work to do.