R&S Christians: When you talk of "meeting the living Christ," what do you mean?

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R&S Christians: When you talk of "meeting the living Christ," what do you mean?

I've just seen an R&S answer in which a Christian contrasted the experience of "meeting the living Christ" (good, life-saving) with the reality of "organized religion" (bad, not life-saving.)

I'm agnostic, used to hang out with Christians, admire some of them a lot -- so I'm not asking this question either to endorse the "living Christ" idea or to disagree with it.

But when Christians write this way, what do you all mean, exactly?

How does one "meet the living Christ," and once you have, how do you know it's the real one, and not an imposter?

-- [sometimes open-minded] [sometimes not] agnostic
Annsan - Could you write a little more? On the one hand, you seem to be talking about an "expression of belief," on the other, you seem to be talking about a subjective experience of the Holy Spirit. Are these both the same in your mind, or different?
 
For starters, it's a confession of belief in the biblical teaching that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, then resurrected, then returned to heaven where He is now seated with God on the throne of heaven. It's a kind of spiritual shorthand for all of that.

Most people believe Jesus is dead and buried. They do not believe his tomb was miraculously emptied on the third day. Christians believe the latter, and that Christ appeared to His disciples in the time after the resurrection till He ascended bodily back to heaven. Those disciples knew that Christ was living, not dead! All Christians must believe this.

It follows on that Christ communicates with those who believe in Him, even down till this present day. He does this through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. To meet with the living Christ is to experience the reality of the living Christ via the operation of the Holy Spirit. An imposter, a false Christ, could never give the peace and the cleansed conscience that the Holy Spirit gives!
 
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