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The end of the matter!

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

FEAR GOD o!

There really is no context where it is biblically accurate to say "Jesus is not better than the believer."

Jesus as the head of the church, for instance, is not an exact parallel to husband as head of the wife. Both the husband and the wife are creatures. But both Jesus and the church are not creatures. Jesus exists by the necessity of His own being. The parallel therefore, though incredibly illuminating, has colossal limitations.
No matter how you situate our relationship with Jesus, one critical difference is that whatever (attribute) Jesus gives or even shares with us, He has such attribute necessarily, but we have it contingently. Read it again.

Secondly, Jesus may give me His righteousness, yet I cannot transmit it to others, but He continues to be the only one who can transmit it. So, you see, righteousness in me is not an exact mirror of righteousness in Jesus. Also, righteousness in Jesus is not merely a status. It is exhaustive. Jesus' righteousness means that He can not do (I don't mean He will not do, but I mean He can not do) anything wrong, because His righteousness is not just a legal status. It is not imputed. Righteousness is grounded in His beign. I hope you know what that means. The believer however CAN do things that are unrighteous, even though she is legally righteous. So, while righteousness exists in both cases, they are not identical in every sense. More, Jesus is the explanation of the believer's righteousness, and yet the same Jesus is the explanation of His own righteousness.

Thirdly, I need Jesus to sustain whatever I receive from Him. I continue to need Him to keep me in His righteousness, in His grace, in eternal life, etc. If Jesus were to leave me at any point (blessed assurance, He will not), I will lose everything He has imputed to me. He upholds all things. I don't. I stand because He is able to keep and continues to keep me. He has no keeper. No one sustains Him in eternal life, or in righteousness. His righteousness does not need any support to stay intact. Mine needs to be sustained. It is wrong therefore to say His righteousness is NOT better than mine. More, I think it is meaningless to say so.

Besides, according to scripture, the root and the branches are not the same simply because they both share in a common life (sap). As Paul said in his Roman correspondence, "remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you." If you are being upheld by another – one who is self-sufficient and needs no upholding – it is both inaccurate and irresponsible to say your Supporter is not better than you, particularly with reference to the very attribute by which he holds you up.

It is also sloppy to say because Jesus is our righteousness, and our sanctification, He is therefore not better than us. That same passage says He is our Wisdom. Is Jesus better than us in wisdom or not? If you say 'Jesus is not more righteous than me,' can you say 'Jesus is not more wise than me'?

I saw someone making a money analogy. It fails. If I have ten thousand Naira and I give it to you, it is no longer available to me to give to another person. And if you, the recipient, are generous, you can gift it to your friend. Jesus being our ransom is something infinitely richer and different than the money analogy suggests. The same Jesus is the ransom for us all. He does not diminish through donation. But whereas I can give you the ten thousand I was given, if I chose to, I can not transfer the righteousness I've received. Nevertheless, Jesus can. How then can I be as delusional as to say He is not better than me, even in righteousness!?

Okay, "As He is, so are we in this world." Yes, but it is: AS He is; not WHO He is.

Heb 7:7 (NKJV) says, "beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better." We are the blessed. We are lesser than our 'Blesser.' And He – Jesus – is better than us.

Again, 1Pet 2:17 says you should FEAR God.

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There is a place in the cross for me!
I boast in the cross!

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The message of the cross never gets old.

The purpose of the cross never gets oldd.

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@microbialawyer Like my Oga will always say, Nigeria’s problem is not what it has; rather, what it does not.

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@icons_closet You made a valid point except for the last paragraph. A sense of duty towards other/community can comfortably coexist with sense of personal preservation as long as each are emphasized in their proportion. Not “EITHER OR” but “AND”.

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@KerenKBitto If there were no needs, prayer would still be very important and NECESSARY. Don’t you think it then make sense for people to pray more cos many of their needs have been greedily held back by their government??

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@MzXtraordinare @rand0muser98 Lol….I’m selective about mine. There’s this particular ex-colleague whose number I didn’t save for about 6yrs of working together.

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@Ricky3812_799 @signor_martini The position of first being a Christian stands true and correct!

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@Zenchmartirve @bigmanotrouble “Depart from me, I know ye not, ye worker of iniquity”. If you are familiar with the Bible you’d understand the context around this phrase. My point still stands!

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@bigmanotrouble Even if it means remaining single for life, un-equal yoking can never be an option for a son/daughter of Zion!

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@bigmanotrouble It is not even about peace of mind; that’s secondary. It is first about obedience to Jesus. If by every human empirical data, a Muslim or other unbeliever will hypothetically bring you peace, a Christian must never pick that option. Basic Bible logic!

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@darasoba @dreams_dolapoo Please take note of this!

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@HOLATOJ @Soulmedika Apostle Paul go dey rethink why him rebuked the Corinthians sharply for his letters seeing that our Nigerian Christian’s don lower the bar below low!

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@SpiricocoNg @lekan_olayinka1 It is a shame that this sort of conversation is becoming a top burner kind of conversation in the first place. May the Lord really send help to both the clergy and the laity.

This is the day of Jacob’s trouble!!!

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@Iamkolotayo If anyone had suggested to me 10/15 years ago, that this simple and clear truth will become debatable amongst Christians, I’d wager all I have on it that it is impossible. But then, here we are! It is NOT WELL ooooo!

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@d_ocheido Sis, this is really the day of Jacob’s trouble.

It get clearer everyday that the famine of the word @gideonodoma talks about is really here now!