Topic: What does it mean "In" Christ.
Romans 8:1-2 (GW)
1 So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned.
2 The standards of the Spirit, who gives life through Christ Jesus, have set you free from the standards of sin and death.
Seven Evidence that one Dwell in God and Christ.
I A person's obedience. John 15:10 (GW)
10 If you obey my commandments, you will live in my love. I have obeyed my Father's commandments, and in that way I live in his love.
II Faithfulness. 1 John 2:17 (GW)
17 the world and its evil desires are passing away. But the person who does what God wants lives forever.
III How one knows God abides within. 1 John 3:24 (GW)
24 Those who obey Christ's commandments live in God, and God lives in them. We know that he lives in us because he has given us the Spirit.
IV Love. 1 John 4:12-21 (GW)
12 No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 We know that we live in him and he lives in us because he has given us his Spirit.
14 We have seen and testify to the fact that the Father sent his Son as the Savior of the world.
15 God lives in those who declare that Jesus is the Son of God, and they live in God.
16 We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God's love live in God, and God lives in them.
17 God's love has reached its goal in us. So we look ahead with confidence to the day of judgment. While we are in this world, we are exactly like him {with regard to love}.
18 No fear exists where his love is. Rather, perfect love gets rid of fear, because fear involves punishment. The person who lives in fear doesn't have perfect love.
19 We love because God loved us first.
20 Whoever says, “I love God,” but hates another believer is a liar. People who don't love other believers, whom they have seen, can't love God, whom they have not seen.
21 Christ has given us this commandment: The person who loves God must also love other believers.
V One has God and Christ abiding within. 2 John 1:9 (GW)9 Everyone who doesn't continue to teach what Christ taught doesn't have God. The person who continues to teach what Christ taught has both the Father and the Son.
VI Righteousness. 1 John 2:29 (GW)
29 If you know that Christ has God's approval, you also know that everyone who does what God approves of has been born from God.
VII The new birth. One is born again. 1 John 2:28-29 (GW)
28 Now, dear children, live in Christ. Then, when he appears we will have confidence, and when he comes we won't turn from him in shame.
29 If you know that Christ has God's approval, you also know that everyone who does what God approves of has been born from God.
Let Jesus come into your heart.
Live for Him.
Read the Word daily and Pray always.
Amen Pastor Dr Kory Letoa.
