Last week we learned out of
Scripture that we are part of God's Kingdom, now already. We are
citizens of Heaven with our main purpose in life being able to draw
people into His Kingdom and glory. We need to be ambassadors for
Christ. The Bible tells us clearly why we need to be ambassadors
for Christ; we need to shine forth what is within us. And Who is
within us? Jesus Himself.
Look at all these Scriptures
testifying to this fact:
"Whoever confesses that Jesus
is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in
God." 1 John 4:15
"He who eats My flesh and
drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him." John
6:56
"...you are in Christ
Jesus..." 1 Corinthians 1:30
"There is neither Jew nor
Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor
female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
Galatians 3:28
"At that day you will know that
I am in the Father, and you in Me, and I
in you." John 14:20
"But whoever keeps His word,
truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that
we are in Him." 1 John 2:5
I can go on with more Scripture,
but I think that you get the point. When we accept Christ as our
Saviour, we become one with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17 tells us that
we are one Spirit with God:
"But he who is joined to the
Lord is one spirit with Him."
And in Jesus' own words, He is in
the Father, we are in Him and He is in us. We are inseparable. In
the Spirit we are one. And therefore it is possible for us to roam
this earth like He did. Why is it possible? Because He in His
fullness dwells in us. As 1 John 4:15 puts it, we abide in
Him and He in us. The word 'abide' in Greek is Meno and it means
'not to depart', 'not to leave', 'to continue to be present'.
Thayer lexicon goes into even more detail and says it means 'to be
rooted and knitted to Him in the Spirit'.
Okay, so what does this mean for
us? It means that God in all His fullness abides in us, He will
never leave and will always continue to be present. We are rooted
and knitted together with Him in the Spirit. We are so intertwined
that in the spiritual realm it is difficult to discern where God
starts and where you end. We are literally one.
Two weeks ago, we declared that
Jesus is our Hero. He is mighty to save and mighty to work miracles
in our lives. And this week we learned that we are one with Him. In
other words we are now the 'heroes' this world needs. We are the
ones walking this earth, in His body. We are the ones that need to
reach out to those in need. We are the ones that need to pray for
them. We are the ones that need to help where we see distress. We
are supposed to be like Jesus in this world. This is a profound
statement and a difficult one to accept at first, but the Word
clearly tells us that we are in Him and He in us. That is why Jesus
said we will do the same works as He and even greater works because
He goes to the Father. And the only reason why we would be able to
do it, is because He lives mightily within us.
We will spend the next couple of
months discussing what is true of us because we are one with Jesus
Christ. But for now, walk tall in this world with the authority
that you have from Above. Reach out your hand with compassion just
like Jesus did. That is what He expects of you, that is His will
for your life.
Dear Father, thank you so much that
Jesus is now living in me. Thank you that I am in Him too and He is
in You. We are all one in the Spirit and what a privilege it is.
Help us Lord not to stifle the work of Your Spirit in our lives
like Your Word warns, but that we will walk in the fullness of all
that You expect of us. We want to make You proud. We love You.
Amen