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Me "in Christ" And "christ In" Me
Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 14, 2023 (message contributor)
Summary: To be truly saved, you must be "IN" CHRIST, and the only way to be "IN" CHRIST, is for CHRIST to be IN YOU.
JESUS IS THE WORD of GOD.
And the SPIRIT that GOD places into every believer’s heart, that seals us until the Day of Redemption, is the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, the HOLY SPIRIT.
So the question is simple…IS JESUS CHRIST IN you?
Romans 8:10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
We are made up of body, soul and spirit. And our spirit is created with the ability to connect and receive the SPIRIT of CHRIST. When we receive JESUS as Saviour, GOD places HIS SPIRIT into our spirit, and as HE is in us, the Power of HIS Spirit of Everlasting Life takes over our spirit, to receive our redemption through JESUS. We are Sealed by JESUS’ HOLY SPIRIT.
2 Corinthians 4:6-7
6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
We have this TREASURE, CHRIST IN us. In our earthen vessels, our bodies, our soul. So that the POWER in us is from GOD. It’s that light, that spark that begins when we receive GOD’s Greatest Gift of Love, our Salvation through JESUS. And as we fan the flame with HIS WORD and allow HIS SPIRIT to work IN us, that spark ignites the fire of HIS SPIRIT within us, and the GLORY of GOD begins to be revealed and glow from deep within.
Paul writes, that GOD revealed HIS SON JESUS “IN” himself.
Galatians 1:15-16 15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, 16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
And when we surrender our hearts to JESUS, we acknowledge that HE took our sins to the Cross. Therefore we are Crucified with HIM, and as JESUS lives IN you and me, our lives change. We now life by HIS SPIRIT and not just our own.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
It’s not about us living “like” CHRIST, but that JESUS LIVES IN me. Allowing the POWER of HIS PRESENCE, HIS SPIRIT to live IN us and Change us from within. And that is the TRUE LIFE that JESUS Spoke of in John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
I hope that you are understanding these principles of Faith. As Paul writes, it’s like going through labor pains to see JESUS formed in each of you! Well, maybe not birth pains, but my desire is that you understand what CHRIST IN you means.
Galatians 4:19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,
Let the SPIRIT of CHRIST IN you begin in your spirit and spread throughout your inward being. Allowing HIM to rule in your mind, emotions, will and conscience and change you in thought and actions.