Living in Christ

[followjesus]

The word Christ is not even a word in English. Its a Greek word. It means 'the anointed one, and his anointing. To walk in Christ means to walk in the same anointing that Jesus is anointed with.

Luke 3:22 "And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."

John 14:15-17 "If ye love me, keep my commandments.And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."

v20 "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

1 corinthians 6:19-20 "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 John 3:1-3 "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

 

[followjesus]

Philippians 1:21;
"For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain".

To die is gain.
Yes, dying and going to heaven is the desire of all of us.

But to live is Christ.
Does anyone know how to explain this?
How to live it?
Why it is important?
The words elude me.

I would say to look a little further into the letter where to live is Christ sort of comes down to this.

Phillipians 3:7-16 "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

 

[Desertsrose]

Well said, Jason!

 

[followjesus]

Colossians 3:


1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.


2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.


3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.


4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Therefore = "for that reason; consequently.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;


whenever a person is reading paul, "therefore" connects things to whats previously beoing said. therefore means this then is the conclusion, or " do this because of what i just said. when you avoid the instruction ir conclusion its because the point isnt getting through.

if then christ died for us, by faith let us die for Him, by Laying down our sins at the cross, Not the guilt only, but the actual deeds of the flesh. One part doesnt work without the other. its why Peter Gave this warning about pauls letters

2 peter 3:15-18 :And account that the longsuffering of our Lord issalvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.


which by the way is the Only epistles or scriptures we are ever warned about in this manner. Beware, pauls letters are good, they are also easily distorted and misunderstood. this according to Peter the Chief apostle.