Christ In You… Living His Life As You!

Col 1:25-29

Christ in you… one with you… a mystery. (Eph 5:31-32)

· Some spiritual truths lie beyond our intellectual grasp… they are mysteries, we can’t understand them, & without H Spirit revelation we will never understand them.

· Paul revealed a great mystery… Christ in you the hope of glory. (Col 1:27)

· I no longer live but Christ lives in me… you & He are one. (Gal 2:20)

o Mystery: Christ lives in me… it looks like me, but it is Christ in me.

· The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. (1Cor 6:17)

o There are two… they are one. You & Christ are one… you function as one.

o A mystery… he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit (one + one = one).

· You are in Christ & He is in you… you are one & He lives His life thru you as you.

· When we know we are one with Christ, we will not live in self-consciousness anymore.

· Gen 2:24 gives below line parallel truth so we can better understand spiritual truth.

o Man & wife are joined & become one flesh.

· Mystery: Christ in you… not your life but His life manifested in you.

· Not you producing His life, but you expressing His life… as you by faith trust Him to live thru you, as you. (Faith… being certain of what we do not see. (Heb 11:1))

· You should have the same attitude as Jesus… He humbly yielded all to allow the Father to express His love & life thru Him. (Phil 2:5-11)

Christ… who is your life. (Col 3:4)

· What does Christ’s life living thru you look like… humble & meek! (Mt 11:28-29)

o Learn from me… how He lived out the Father’s life within & thru his life.

· The life Jesus lived, He lived to God. (Rm 6:10) Jesus is within us & He is living His life unto God thru us… He only does the will of the Father to the glory of God. (Jn 4:34)

o I do exactly what my Father has commanded. (Jn 14:31)

o God lived his life in Jesus… it looked like Jesus, but life of the Father. (Jn 14:7-10)

o Jesus always manifested the life of the Father who was in Him.

· Embrace & trust Jesus in you as your life, just as you trusted Him for your salvation.

o It is not striving, but trusting that releases Christ’s life in you.

· Jesus said I Am the life (Jn 14:6)… Life has been in us all along.

· Hidden w/Christ in God (Col 3:3)… We live, move & have our being in Christ…

o No longer you living your life, but Christ living His life in you as you. (Gal 2:20)

o There will be a day when we see that Christ is our life. (Col 3:1-4)

o You will see yourself in Christ… & also see that Christ within you is your life.

· Christ lives in you… you live in Him. (1Jn 4:15)

· When we see both Christ in me & me in Christ, we begin to experience fullness of Christ.

o God wants us to be filled to all the fullness of Christ. (Eph 4:13)

Our soul & spirit are different… & often opposed. (Heb 4:12)

· To know union with Christ & God’s rest, Spirit has to reveal truth to us regarding our soul & spirit… they are different & often opposed.

· Only God’s Word can separate soul (thoughts & emotions) & spirit, or thoughts & intentions of the heart (spirit). (Heb 4:12)

· Intent of heart is fixed… it is for God. Thoughts & feelings fluctuate & differ from spirit.

· We were created to be spirit dominated beings. God is Father of our spirit (Heb 12:9), our spirit is one with Him (1Cor 6:17) & lives in union with Him.

A swing… insight into operation of our soul & spirit. (“The Rest of the Gospel” by D Stone)

· Where swing is attached is like the spirit… quiet, no movement, anchor, place of security.

· Bottom of swing (seat) is like our soul… changing with every thought/circumstance.

· We don’t like our soul to fluctuate between good & bad… we try to stop “swinging” of our soul… thinking maturity is getting it under control.

o We try to nail up our swing on the “good” side so it won’t swing back to bad.

· The life we can attain thru self effort is described in Gal 5:21.

· God uses the swings in our soul life to push us into living by faith out of our spirit.

· When we recognize our utter badness & come to the end of ourselves & renounce self & all its striving after holiness… then the H Spirit, who already dwells in us, takes full control & bear His own glorious fruit (Gal 5:22-23… Christ’s life) in our daily life.

Christ in you… the way to God’s rest. (Heb 4:10)

· He who enters God’s rest… rests from his own work. (Heb 4:10)

· Entering the rest of God is the ceasing from self-effort & yielding ourselves in full surrender to God’s working in, thru, & as us.

· Two stages in the Christian’s life: First, after conversion the believer seeks to work what God would have him do. Second, after many painful failures he ceases from his work, enters the rest of God & there finds indwelling presence & power of H Spirit to allow Christ to live in, thru & as him.

o Failure is the door thru which we pass to true strength & victory. Thru failure, we are brought face to face with our sin & weakness, & we learn to surrender to Christ in you, & thereby receive true strength. (2Cor 12:9-10)

· Not just that He is with you or in you helping you, but He is in you living His life as you.

· His life is never exhausted or bitter, but always merciful, forgiving, & loving. No longer pressure of performance & goodness, but rest in Him & let Him be all & all in us.

· In repentance & rest is your salvation, in quietness & trust is your strength. (Isa 30:15)

· If you judge reality by your soul (below the line) you will miss God’s rest & peace… may we hear the quiet voice of the spirit & live in the rest He has promised.