For today 's post I want to share with you the following excerpt from Max Lucado 's book Grace .Such an awesome thought to dwell upon. Christ dwells inside me . Enough to make me tremble. He chose me for this, otherwise it could have never happened.
Christ In You
When grace happens, Christ enters. Christ in you, the hope of glory!
For many years, I missed this truth. I believed all the other prepositions:
Christ for me, with me, ahead of me. But I never imagined that Christ was in me.
I can’t blame my deficiency on Scripture. Paul refers to it 216 times. John mentions it 26. No other religion or philosophy makes such a claim. No other movement implies the living presence of its founder in his followers.
Muhammad does not indwell Muslims. Buddha does not inhabit Buddhists.
Influence? Instruct? Yes. But occupy? No.
The mystery in a nutshell is Colossians 1:27: “Christ is in you!”
The Christian is a person in whom Christ is happening! We sense his re-arranging. He’s turning debris into the divine, a pig’s ear into silk purse. Little by little a new image emerges!
God’s Grace!
From GRACE
Check the MaxLucado.com
Christ In You
When grace happens, Christ enters. Christ in you, the hope of glory!
For many years, I missed this truth. I believed all the other prepositions:
Christ for me, with me, ahead of me. But I never imagined that Christ was in me.
I can’t blame my deficiency on Scripture. Paul refers to it 216 times. John mentions it 26. No other religion or philosophy makes such a claim. No other movement implies the living presence of its founder in his followers.
Muhammad does not indwell Muslims. Buddha does not inhabit Buddhists.
Influence? Instruct? Yes. But occupy? No.
The mystery in a nutshell is Colossians 1:27: “Christ is in you!”
The Christian is a person in whom Christ is happening! We sense his re-arranging. He’s turning debris into the divine, a pig’s ear into silk purse. Little by little a new image emerges!
God’s Grace!
From GRACE
Check the MaxLucado.com
7 Fertilize my soul:
Christianity makes a powerful claim! It rally is a lot more than just the promise of heaven ahead! It the "never alone" aspect of the daily walk NOW that is so amazing! Great quote, Amrita!
I love that line..."a Christian is a person in whom Christ is happening" Wow! yes and amen! Christ IN you the hope of glory!
Wonderful post Amrita. I'm not sure where it is in the Bible. But it's also stated the "we live and move and have our being in him." So..it sort of goes both ways.
Which is quite amazing when you think on it a bit. We are a part of God, God is a part of us.
Makes me feel huge and powerful and at the same time small and insignificant. God is on all sides of us. Even the inside of us.
At times we feel humble, which is proper. At other times we feel in control, which is also proper at the time.
Wondrous and amazing is our relationship with the Lord God Almighty.
Johnny.
Great post dear Amrita. Last time I read about school, where children were learning about world's religions: Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. On the end of the lesson one boy asked, how we can know, which religion is true. Then one child answered: "Christians have God - Saviour". In world's religions people must make something to be with their gods, but in Christianity God is the friend of man.
I really appreciate your insightful comments dear friends
Amrita, wonderful post. God has extended so much Grace to us all. Blessings.
Does the fact that we are "in Christ" help us to know "Christ in you"? "Christ in you" should be seen in our daily life as we realise that we are "in Christ" in the presence of God.
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