CHRIST IN YOU “Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generation, but now is made manifest to his saint: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:26-27) The greatest thing that could ever happen to a human person is to have and know the Lord Jesus Christ. In the introductory verse above, the Bible reveals the mystery that had been hid for ages and generations past bur has now been manifested: “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” In Scripture, the name “Christ” is sometimes used to refer to the person of Jesus, while in other instances, it means the Church, which is His body. However, in its simple definition, “Christ” refers to the anointed One and His anointing. It’s important to understand this because the man Jesus doesn’t lives in you. In reality, Jesus ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father (Ephesians 1:20). It’s the Holy Spirit who brings His present and makes His anointing known and available to God’s people today (John 14: 16-18). So when the Bible says Christ is in you, it means the totality of the character and nature of the Lord Jesus and all that His anointing represents is in you. In other words, all of His life, and the power and glory of His anointing reside in you. And that, the Bible says, is “the hope of glory!”. Christ in you is your hope for a life of glory. If you’re sick in your body today, what you need is the manifestation of Christ in your body. When Christ is manifested, everything that’s not of God will leave. This understanding is important because when a man is born again, he is recreated in his human spirit. The life of God supplants the human life with which he was born, and he becomes a new man. However, his soul, which is the seat of his emotions, will and thoughts, remains the same; that’s why a person could be borne again and still have the wrong thoughts in his mind. But when Christ is manifested in your soul, you would think the thoughts of God and do His will (Romans 12:2) Just as your mind is not instantly transformed at the new mind, your body also doesn’t change the moment you become a Christian. This is why someone could be born again and still be sick and afflicted in his body. But when Christ is manifested in your body, the necessary result would be healing and divine health. CONFESSION Christ is Lord over my spirit, soul and body. Therefore, no disease or infirmity has any place in me. No weapon fashioned against me shall prosper. Jesus has all authority over my body and I declare that I dwell daily in health and strength, in the mighty Name of Jesus.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:05:49 +0000
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