Do we crave to gather because we understand that we are INSEPERABLY GATHERED as body parts in the ONE BODY of the Lord Jesus in the heavenlies in The ETERNAL DAY OF SABBATH HIMSELF?
...OR...
That is why Paul said in 1 Cor. 2:2, “For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.”
God’s dealings strip us of everything that is not Christ. He does not want our flesh, our pride, or our achievements. He wants His Son revealed in us.
Humanity is easily distracted by variety and quantity. We want many projects, many ministries, many activities. But God reduces all things to one thing: His Son.
Christ The Ever Coming One, The Ever Appearing One, The Ever Present One. Hallelujah. It is to the Church that He says, says He who is, was, The Ever Coming, The Ever Present, The Ever Appearing, says The Eternal
A dead man cannot live. But if He does, That life cannot be His that lives, for He is dead! So it is with us, we are dead and we remain dead. Christ is our Life!
The central question of the Christian life is not what we must do for God, but what God has done and is doing within us.
Believers are described as living epistles written by the Spirit of the living God. Christ is inscribed upon the heart.
Every piece of the armour finds its fulfillment in Christ:
• He is the Truth that girds
• He is the Righteousness that covers
• He is the Peace on which we stand
• He is the Faith by which we see
• He is the Salvation that renews the mind
• He is the Word that speaks
The apostles did not see themselves as independent ministers building personal platforms. They understood themselves as members of a Body — the Body of Christ. Their ministry was not individualistic performance; it was corporate expression.
He is ALL and IN ALL. Grace is revealing who you are in Christ Jesus. Grace revealed that Christ has done it. It is fulfilled. It is accomplished. It is finished. You are that who Christ Jesus is in Him.
LAW tells man who he is. Man is a sinner. Man cannot please God. Man is not holy. Man is not righteousness. Man is not good. That's all in the law. It focuses on 'self'... DO NOT. DO NOT. DO NOT. DO NOT.
GRACE revealed who Jesus is.
He is Holy, He is Righteousness, He is Living Water, He is Life, He is Redemption, He is Wisdom, He is Love, He is Bread Of Life, He is Truth, He is Way, He is visible image of God the Father, He is Son. He is Faith. He is the Word of God.