In that day you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you
Johns Account 14: 20, Concordant New Testament translation
Since it has been my habit from time to time to speak to things you probably more than likely will not hear coming from the pulpits of the mainstream church, I thought I'd add another installment to that list. So, here's my question, when was the last time that you ever heard a pastor speak to your union with God and/or Christ Jesus? If I were to guess, not many believers have been introduced to this truth which we have in the Father. My own knowing of this truth didn't come from some Sunday sermon, but from the revelation of the Lord. My eyes have been opened, the veil has been lifted. I'm not speaking from my own personal opinion here, but from the very words spoken by Jesus. It is Jesus Who has proclaimed that we shall know that He is in the Father, that we are within Christ and that He is in us {Johns Account 14:20}. Has there ever been a more perfect union than this? My own realization of my union life within the Father has led me to look at my life very differently than before. No longer do I see myself as being separated from God, as those within the church have been so very fond of proclaiming. To put it simply, I go where the Father goes. I do as the Father does. I live AS the Father in whose love I dwell. Is it any wonder why the powers that be within the church would not speak to this truth? If everyone knew of this wonderful truth of our life lived within God, what need would we have for organized religion? We would know that He is in us. We would no longer be searching for Him. Ironically, my revelation of my union with God didn't arrive while I was still an active church member. In those days I swallowed whatever the pastors taught me. It wasn't until after I left the organized church that I began to have these conversations with a good friend of mine. Conversations of how God was closer to me than I had ever realized. That sin was no longer the central issue of my life. THIS is the truth which the church needs to be speaking to.
My first introduction into what the church might refer to as blasphemy came from the words spoken by the apostle Paul in Galatians. Paul speaks to the truth of his own death with Christ Jesus {Paul to the Galatians 2:20}. Having been raised in the church and Christian theology, this was difficult for me to accept at first. You might say that I needed to deprogram what I had learned about God up until that point. The church claimed that I was a sinner, Jesus assures me that I no longer carry that scar with me. The church says that I need to work for my salvation. The words spoken by Paul assure us that salvation is the free gift of the Lord {Paul to the Ephesians 2:8-9}. But what about our life? That day to day struggle we all endure. Are you separate from God or do you live each day within Him as Jesus has assured us? I would say that to live thinking that you're separate from God is to live the lie of the deceiver. For it is Satan who has spoken the lie that we can "Be like God, knowing good and evil" {Genesis 3:5}. How is it that we could ever be separated from God Who has created us in His likeness {Genesis 1:27}? Yet this is what you'll more than likely hear spoken from the pulpits of the church. Not the truth of our perfect union with the Father, but the lie proposed by Satan that we have been separated from Him. I firmly believe that we were never meant to live life governed by fear {Paul to Timothy (2) 1:7}. The fear of not being saved. The fear of never knowing what it's like to be closer to God. This is not the life He has in store for us. The words spoken by Jesus assure us that our life is lived within the Father. The perfect union.
With Christ have I been crucified, yet I am living, no longer I; but living in me is Christ. Now that which I am now living in flesh, I am living in faith that is of the Son of God, Who loves me, and gives Himself up for me
Paul to the Galatians 2: 20, Concordant New Testament translation
~Scott~
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