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Friday, September 9, 2011

GOD IN ME?

God enters his creation inside every child ever conceived. 
He knows, afresh, the world through the experience of that child.  

Really?

Really. That's what the New Testament says. Repeatedly.

"Jesus created all things and is connected to all things."
John 1:3-4 

 "Jesus created everything and he holds everything together."
Colossians 1:15-17

"Jesus created all and now sustains all."
Hebrews 1:3 

  • Jesus is there at your conception 
  • Sustains you throughout your life 
  • And into the next

We speak about inviting Jesus into our life at conversion and inviting him into particular situations. The truth is, HE has already included you inside HIS own life - inside his friendship with his Father and the Spirit.

Theologians sometimes depict God in heaven as looking 
                                                                                                     down 
                                                                                                             and 
                                                                                                                  WATCHING
The truth is, 
                    HE is inside us experiencing our lives with us: 
                                                                                               feeling our joy
                                                                                               feeling our pain
                                                                 working through it all to perfect us                                                                                                                                                                         
Paul says our life is hidden in God with Christ.

Jesus says,
 "I am in my Father, you are in me and I am in you."
John 14:20  

What he means is: what happens to us, happens to him. 

More importantly, because we are ONE with Christ: what happens to him, happens to us. 
  • His life is in us
  • His death to sin and judgment is in us 
  • His resurrection is in us
All of this will be realized and experienced by us in due time.