08/02/2018
INDISSOLUBLE ONENESS WITH CHRIST
I believe one of the most difficult concepts to grasp, in truth, is the fact that we, as born-again Christians, are no longer separated from God. We are ONE WITH THE ONE who was raised from the dead, and we are now seated with Him in Heaven.
This defines the Principle Of Identification.
EPHESIANS 2:6
(NKJV)
and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
As such, our approach to God should not be as it was before. We should no longer see ourselves as being separated from God as if we have to call to Him when we are in need, as if He is some "outside agency" that isn't aware of what is happening at all times.
HE IS ALWAYS WITH US AND IN US, IN OUR SPIRIT.
We are in union with Him, He is in us and we are NOW in Him. This is not something that is going to happen, it is something that has already happened.
We are IN CHRIST NOW.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:17
(NKJV)
But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
When you have the opportunity to acknowledge, meditate and confess this fact of truth you will become ever aware of His presence in you, breaking the old paradigm of separateness and learning to walk in Him as He walks in you NOW.
His life, His power, His love, His Word is constantly at work in you to overcome all that the world throws at you. Consider it often and I'm sure your perspective will be correctly changed by this truth.
Here is a Bible Translation comparison for you to meditate on and confess.
1 JOHN 4:4
(NKJV)
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
(AUV)
[But], you people are [followers] of God, little children [i.e., dear ones], and you have overcome them [these false teachers] because He who is in your lives [the Holy Spirit] is greater [more powerful] than he who is in [dominates] the world
(CEV)
Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit is in you and is more powerful than the one that is in the world.
(CRESSMAN)
My children, you belong to God. You have won the victory over those prophets who are not true. You have won because the Spirit that is in you is stronger than the spirit that is in the world.
(HCSB)
You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
(KNOX)
You, little children, who take your origin from God, have gained the mastery over it; there is a stronger power at work in you, than in the world.
(LTSC)
Dear children, you who belong to God have already won the struggle over these ideas because the One who is in your life is stronger than the world system and its teachings
(MESSAGE)
My dear children, you come from God and belong to God. You have already won a big victory over those false teachers, for the Spirit in you is far stronger than anything in the world.
(MITCHELL)
Little children, you continuously exist from out of God [or you exist with God as your source you originate your being from God], and you have conquered (overcome) and are now victorious over them, because greater is the One (He) within you than the one within the ordered system (world; cosmos; universe).
(PHILLIPS)
You, my children, who belong to God have already defeated this spirit, because the one who lives in you is far stronger than the anti-Christ in the worl