Just The Right Time

Christ appeared on earth at just the right time, witnessed to God the Father, then ascended into heaven. 

We are now the body of Christ, we give witness to the Father, and will ascend into heaven at just the right time. 

In Bodily Form

Luke 3:21-22 ESV 

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

When we are baptized and seek the Lord, the Holy Spirit descends and inhabits our bodies, taking shape in you and me. We become a bodily form as a dwelling place of the Spirit. 

The Lord welcomes us as the beloved sons and daughters that we are. 

With you He is well pleased. 

A Letter From Home

Scripture speaks of Christ and in the word we can hear Christ speaking. It’s a letter from home, for our home is now a different place. We are just passing through. Earth is still home for those who have not been moved into the kingdom of heaven. 

Organic Transformation

Ephesians 3:14-19 ESV 

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

There is a difference between knowing and comprehension. The first is abstract and the second is organic.  Knowing can include a thought or belief that is held in the head. Grasping or comprehending is when that thought or belief seeps down into the heart and soul. It is no longer something that is contemplated from a distance, but becomes one with the body of the contemplator, the organic transformation in body of Christ. 

Transformation of the mind leads to transformation of the body which is what happens when we are created in the image of Christ. 

If we have the mind of Christ, we will soon have the body of Christ. Flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone. 

We are the body of Christ here on earth. We are like He was on earth before He ascended into heaven. We are given the mind of Christ He had during His time in the wilderness. We have the Holy Spirit. 

We are in the collective body of Christ for now. We can have our individual body of Christ in the time to come. 

Do You See That?

The knowledge of good and evil allows us to understand the darkness inside of man. It gives us the lens to open our eyes to the existence and difference between the two. Knowledge does not automatically translate to wisdom. That comes from God. 

What Should We Believe?

Titus 1:15-16

To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

What we profess should find agreement with the way we live. If they don’t agree, believe the works. 

Covering Both Ends

The image of God is the Son of God. He was with God in the beginning. In the end, we will be made in the image of Christ. He is the beginning and the end.