Friends, do you know that I always count it a great privilege sharing with you these truths, enlightening your spirit mind for a prosperous living on earth because your will only prosper and be in good health even as thy soul prospers. I am sent to nourish your soul? What a joy to be with you again today.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away behold all things are become new” 2Corinthians 5v17
Life could be so miserable when we don’t know what to do at
certain junctions. The bible says that because the foolish man does not know
how to go to the city, his labour weighs him down, Ecclesiastes 10v15. This
simply means that there is what to do at every point in life and negligence or
ignorance of that flow could spell doom.
The scripture above has been misinterpreted by many in the
body of Christ today including me but thank God for the Holy Spirit who has
been commissioned to lead us into all truths as well as teach us, John
16v13-15. In the early hours of today, He drew my attention to three words from
the above scripture and gave me a further break down for easy consumption. The
words are “...be in Christ...” which
the New International Version puts as “...belong
to Christ...”
There are so many in the body of Christ who are not really in
Christ because you can’t to be in a relationship with someone and not have his
or her details. This scripture is being thought to be meant for new converts
which could be true in a sense but the higher truth is that was directed to
matured or growing Christians. Belonging
to Christ means to be grounded in Him. The new convert still needs to be
tutored as well growing to fully partake of the tremendous blessing this
scripture holds for them. 2Timothy 2v15 says;
“Study to show yourself approved unto God...”
God himself does your accreditation to benefit from the
blessings of the above scripture. He said if any man be in Christ which means
some processes are involved in reaching that height. What am I trying to drive down by this revelation then?
Being in Christ must be seen as a command from Christ because
there is always a need for us to locate our place in Him, Colossians 3v10b says...but
Christ is all and in all;
That though old things are passed away there is a need for a
filling with new things
That the safest place to be is in Christ
That there is a cogent need for nurturing the new converts to
attain to the cut off mark of God.
Lets eat this delicious meal bit by bit so that we can enjoy it. See you tomorrow!
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