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Seated With Christ

Posted in Christ, In Christ, tagged , , on February 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“[K]now …the exceeding greatness of his power … Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places” – Ephesians 1:18-20

Jesus’ bodily resurrection was a game changer! He was raised, ascended, and took his place at the Father’s right hand in heavenly places!

But He’s is NOT the only one there – we are there, too!

“God raised us up and seated us in the heavens with Christ Jesus. – Ephesians 2:6 (Common English Bible)

Note the past tense.

How can I be sitting with Christ at God’s right hand if I’m here with you, or on the job, or fishing Saturday morning with my son?
Easy! Think of it this way. I am sitting in a chair at the library – my hands may be on the keyboard and my feet on the floor but these are no less seated for I am one body and I am seated.

Similarly, though I may be on this earth, because I am a member of Christ’s body I am just as seated as our Savior who took his rightful place with the Father.
– fritz

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Trinity Not Confusing to Paul

Posted in Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Trinity, tagged , on February 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ…in whom … ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise” – Ephesians 1:2

Paul was not confused about the Holy Trinity. He held the oneness of God with the diversity of persons without complaining or confusion.

Being both one and more at the same time is and every day occurence – in ourselves. Who do you argue with when your conscience tells you something? Or, how do you know your body is hungry? Do you give it everything it wants or tell it to pipe down?

This is spirit, soul, and body 1 interacting normally. My conscience is its own person, my mind is its own person, my body is its own person – each acting independently, yet still only one of me.

Which one rules? Well, in my imperfection, sometimes its my body, sometimes my will, sometimes my conscience. I accomplish great things when my conscience confirms what my mind envisions and my body obeys.

God acts together. There is no struggle for attention or dominance. The Father loves, plans, feels and directs. The Son acts in voluntary obedience, and the Spirit communicates God’s motives, intentions, and joy.

It is God, our Father, who planned the way of Salvation. It is God, the Son, who of his own free will chose to obey, even to the cross. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us a taste of heaven and tells us God’s true intentions and motives.

– fritz
1 – 1st Thessalonians 5:23

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God’s Good Pleasure

Posted in God's Will, tagged , on February 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »

[H]e hath chosen us … according to the good pleasure of his will” – Ephesians 1:4-5

God’s has a will and it gave him good pleasure putting you in it long before you even arrived on the scene.

It is found in Christ. Don’t let discouragement cause you to quit before God’s purposes are fulfilled.

– fritz
Related Post: “God’s Kind of Ending“, February 13, 2010

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