IN CHRIST ONCE AGAIN part two

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me. 21 He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant him to sit beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame (was victorious) and sat down beside My Father on His throne. 22 He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).

We begin with this scripture spoken to one of the churches in Revelation. If you haven’t read my previous post, it might be a good idea if you read it first

He is speaking to believers. He is asking to come inside you. If you hear His voice and open your heart onto Him, He will share the Passover meal with you and you will enter into the new covenant with God Himself. Remember the Passover since Jesus no longer celebrates the passing over of the destroyer in Egypt. That was a shadow which was fulfilled by the breaking of His body and the shedding of His blood. He told us ‘Do this in remembrance of Me (from now on).

When His Spirit enters you- your spirit enters Him. You are ‘In Christ’ and He is in you. Since wherever you are, that is where He is, because you are in Him. Therefore you are ‘In Him’- seated at the right hand of the Father. You will have overcame. You will learn great things- things in His Spirit and not earthly things. Invisible things to those who are outside Him- but you will see and walk by faith in obedience to these things. For we walk by faith and not by sight.

No one can see that you are in Christ except God. You will have found the secret place of the most High and you dwell there. You can now claim Psalm 91 as your own. It will give you a glories safety and confidence in Him.

1 HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!
3 For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
4 [Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.
8 Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
10 There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.
11 For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].
12 They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.
14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness—trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation. amp. bible

‘IN CHRIST’ONCE AGAIN

that they (you) may come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of understanding, and that they may become progressively more intimately acquainted with and may know more definitely and accurately and thoroughly that mystic secret of God, [which is] Christ (the Anointed One).

Christ is God’s Secret, hidden from all until His resurrection. His death and resurrection opened a door for us into God’s very presence where by we are able to worship- and it is where God speaks to us and we have the possibility of Knowing and enjoying Fellowship with the Trinity where God shows us who they are. This is very important for we are told in the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of John that ‘This IS eternal life, that they may Know the Father and Him who was sent’. Realize: that Jesus does’t say that we should know about Them, but that we should know them in a personal intimacy.

In Him all the treasures of divine wisdom and comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God and where all the riches of spiritual] knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden.

So, it is ‘in Christ’ where these treasures of God’s wisdom and the riches of spiritual knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden. That tells me that we also must be ‘in Christ’ to find these things. What can this possibility mean for you and I? 

Let’s begin by looking at The  gospel of John 6: 58

He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.

Of course nobody can eat His body and drink His blood until after  His resurrection. 

He is saying that all who accept the breaking of His body and the shedding of His blood as the payment offered by God- which is the only requirement for us to enter  into the New Covenant with God- that that person will live continually in Him and He shall live continually in that person. Of course, eating His body and drinking His blood would become apparent after His death and resurrection- and probably was also  taught by Jesus during His ministry during the 40 days He showed Himself after He was raised. 

1Cor 6:17 But the person who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him.

So, this must mean that the Spirit of Christ (also remember that  He is the Word which was in the beginning with God and Who also was God-and  He existed before time, or any universe.  He was the person made up of all the Father ever spoke.  He was and is a Spirit- In Him is Life.He is the one who put on flesh and dwelt among us. He is a Spirit being. As we are.

Since, like Him we are all spirit beings- it is in our spirit where our true identity is found-

So then, what am I trying to say? That if and when we are united with Him in  truth, our spirit is lost into His Spirit and we become the Spirit of Christ. He is in us and we are in Him. We find ourselves ‘In Christ’.

Let us take a look at one of the Churches out of the Book of revelation 

19 Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell their faults and convict and convince and reprove and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]. So be enthusiastic and in earnest and burning with zeal and repent [changing your mind and attitude]. [Prov. 3:12] 

He is telling us this because it’s true. We should never give up our Hope because of whatever is happening in your life- By faith- remember and believe what was said to you in the scripture above. It is telling you this because it’s true. We should never give up our Hope from God above.

The scripture below is where we will begin in our next blog-

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me. 21 He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant him to sit beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame (was victorious) and sat down beside My Father on His throne. 22 He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).

Praying that all is well-