The law, the commandments, and Christians.

[NewLifeInChristJesus]

I think "union/communion/fellowship/relationship" are all related in that the final three follow from the first. Jesus said,

22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. (Jn 17:22–23)​

I think this speaks to what it is meant by 1 Corinthians 6:17 - "But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him".

Can't and won't disagree with that as far as I can see-darn. JK

That's a good start. What if we were to add "life" to what we share in common with the Father and the Son?

• For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself (Jn 5:26)
• For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. (Jn 5:21)
• And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (1 Jn 5:11–12)

Having been joined to the Lord and being one spirit with Him also means we have the same life that Jesus and His Father share. And we have it because the Father gave it to us when He sent Jesus to live in our hearts. And like you said, we received Him by faith...

• Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (Jn 5:24)

 

[Dan Perez]

That's a good start. What if we were to add "life" to what we share in common with the Father and the Son?

• For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself (Jn 5:26)
• For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. (Jn 5:21)
• And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (1 Jn 5:11–12)

Having been joined to the Lord and being one spirit with Him also means we have the same life that Jesus and His Father share. And we have it because the Father gave it to us when He sent Jesus to live in our hearts. And like you said, we received Him by faith...

• Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (Jn 5:24)

AND in 1. Cor 12:13-17 says :

# 1 In verse. 13 We. are BAPTIZED. // PLACED into. ONE BODY

# 2. In. verse 15. we are. his foot

# 3 IN verse 16. we are his ear

# 4. In. verse 17. we are his eye , his sense of hearing. and his sense of of. smell

# And read verses 18-24. and I believe we are the BODY OF CHRIST !!

dan p

 

[fhansen]

That's a good start. What if we were to add "life" to what we share in common with the Father and the Son?

• For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself (Jn 5:26)
• For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. (Jn 5:21)
• And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (1 Jn 5:11–12)

Having been joined to the Lord and being one spirit with Him also means we have the same life that Jesus and His Father share. And we have it because the Father gave it to us when He sent Jesus to live in our hearts. And like you said, we received Him by faith...

• Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (Jn 5:24)

And those who persevere in remaining in Him to the end, producing good fruit, overcoming sin, doing good, will fully realize that life that begins in nascent form in the here and now. They will have shown themselves to be good soil; they will have shown that the verses you've quoted along with others actually apply to them. Until then it's all just talk.