Your Life - Colossians 3:4

Colossians 3:4 ESV 

When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

No one can see the coming glory and wonder of what God has in store for us. We are unable to conceive our transformation into the full revelation of Christ at His coming. This revelation will include the revealing of the children of God, for we will be like Him. 

He is our life because He has given His life. He is our life when we receive it. He is our life when we live it. 

Beyond

His words bring us to the Word, an experience beyond words. 

Is Conceived - Matthew 1:20-23

Matthew 1:20-23 ESV 

But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name Immanuel”

(which means, God with us).

The sons of God replicate the conception of Jesus in the body of each believer. Within us is conceived a new creature from the Holy Spirit, born from above by the will of God. 

We are called sons of God by God Himself. This new creature will take on the image of the Christ and when we come face to face with Him, we will see that we are like Him. The children of God are created by the Son, the word of creation. 

We are His sons and daughters, and He is well pleased. 

What's In A Name?

Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"

What's in a name? In this case, everything. 

I Am Working - John 5:17

John 5:17 ESV 

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

The Father and Son, Almighty God, are working in creation to create a new heaven and earth. This will continue until Jesus returns to establish peace on the earth. 

We have a foretaste of that Sabbath rest in the comfort of His Spirit which is already given in heart of the believer. The union of heaven and earth has begun. Heaven has invaded our earth with the seed of the divine. When He returns, our earthly bodies will unite and conform to our eternal life. 

When death and Satan are finally destroyed, His labors will cease. This is the Sabbath to come which is signified by seventh day of creation in Genesis. 

Rushed Down - Matthew 8:30-32

Matthew 8:30-32 ESV 

Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.

The Lord continues to free us from the domain of the prince of the air. The demon(s) of the world then flees to the darkness of the deep. This is the sea of mankind that refuse to walk in the land of the living. These unclean and demon possessed pigs rush to their destruction and so it is for those who travel down that wide road. Narrow is the way that leads to the mountain of God. 

In the beginning God separated the land from the sea. The light from darkness. In these last days He separates the wheat from the chaff and the goats from the sheep. A new creation is underway where heaven and earth are joined and the sea is no more. 

Set Your Minds - Colossians 3:2

Colossians 3:2 ESV 

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

There are two perspectives open to the believer. The non-believer only has one and it is on the things that are on earth. The things of the earth shall pass away. 

We who follow Christ must decide every day whether to gather manna from heaven or eat off the plate of the world. Christ does not abide with a lukewarm believer or a double minded person. There is a choice and the choice is clear. 

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Revelation 3:16

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.