| a solid thought of truth that once held the forefront of the church,
"many people today are seeking for a new religious experience & when the last grows old, they seek for yet another experience. in many places stress is laid on the need of an experience. the actual need of most christians today is not an experience, but a true apprehension of what christ accomplished on calvary for us & of our present day union with him. when a person begins to apprehend what it means to be in union to the son of god & what he has through this union , he will at once realize that his spiritual growth depends upon a clear understanding of truth rather than experience. however, those who really apprehend this truth cannot fail to have daily experiences with the lord.'
"union with christ"
"l.l. legters, copyright 1933, pg#7
"the phrase "in christ' is the ultimate phrase in the christian faith, for it locates us in a person-the divine person-& it locates us in him here & now. it brings us us to the ultimate relationship-"in". obviously this "in' brings us nearer than "near christ","following christ", "believing christ", or even "committed to christ". you cannot go further or deeper than "in"
"in christ"
"e. stanley jones copyright 1952 pg#4
"those united to christ share in his resurrection with all its glorious benefits in this life & in the life to come"
"the great exchange"
"jerry bridges & bob bevington copyright2007 pg&106
" he that is joined unto the lord is one spirit, he is spiritually one with him whose life he shares. as christ took his nature, he takes christ's nature; as christ became a partaker of flesh & blood, he becomes a partaker of the divine moral nature; as in christ the divine became human, in him the human became divine; as by his old nature he was a child of wrath & disobedience; by his new nature, which christ has imparted, he is a child of meekness & obedience- a spiritual child of god. in this oneness of the believer & christ joint-ownership is implied. the believer possesses christ, & is poss ed by him; he has christ for his inheritance & he is the inheritance of christ'
"the indwelling christ"
"james campbell copyright1895 pg#50
john 1:16 (k.j.v.) of his fullness have we all received..
(fenton)..out of his fullness we were all supplied,with gift heaped upon gift..
there is so much more that i would like to post, but being constrained by time, these quotes shall have to do for now.
many times i hear christian folk supposedly crying out for god to release his spirit, & or power in the earth & on us.
but, we can see clearly that he already has done so, & not only that but he has placed us "into" himself, by virtue of our union with christ, for to be "in christ" in its purest form is to be "in god"
the former & the latter rain has already come,( see acts 2/;14-47) , the realm of god has been thrown wide open by the great work of christ, the believer is not on the outside looking in but he is lifted high up , looking down, seated in the throne,"in christ" at the fathers right hand, & the right hand represents all the resources that proceed from the very being of god himself, , what more is there we could ask for, none, for he has given all that he has, & all that he is, to the child found "in him"
" to discover ourselves seated there in the heavenly places with him, because in him, his session there being divinely acknowledged as ours, the head & all the members of the body being in god's thought, & by our authorized faith, associated in triumphing over principalities & powers, this view of christ's enthronement, must of necessity, increase our joy"
"throne rights"
"george peck copyright 1881 pg#51
how far & meager we have lived from the actual place we live, in the very heavenlies, "in christ", we as he is , the father, when he looks from his place of seating, he sees us, there next to him "in christ", he sees himself reflected back towards him, & there is nothing more that he can do or give, for he has released all of himself "in christ", & we by virtue of our union "in christ" have all of the father poured into us.
so, lets not storm the gates of heaven(we are all ready inside the gates, seated on the throne) lets not beg the father to do something he has already done "in christ" but let us follow the example found in the gospel of mark 16:20...and they went out & preached everywhere, the lord working with the word & confirming the word through accompanying signs. amen.
so folks, revival has come, the great outpouring of the spirit is here, lets simply rediscover what the father has done for us, to us, & what he will do through us.
your friend & brother
'in christ"
scott
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