I am meant to operate with the Lord at the steering wheel (walking according to the Spirit.)
Without the Lord as my driver, I am an out-of-control car.
When you see an out-of-control car, you should run out of the way.
When you see me, but not Christ-in-me ... head for the hills! I am a danger to myself and others without letting the Spirit control me.
The churches in the New Testament did not want to see Paul. Those churches were still burying people from the last time they saw Paul. They wanted to see Christ in Paul, not merely Paul.
I shouldn't be surprised when people are as sick of me as I am sick of me. They just want to see "Jesus come out and play."
... and so do I.
I say, Let there be a Lamb without blemish sacrificed for the atonement of sin, and so it is; even let the Lamb be My Son, a cleansing of all men. Sing hallelujah! ~ God [Letters from God and His Christ - Volume Volume 4 - To the Church Who Is in the Midst Of and Sits Upon the Seven Hills]