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Faith does not deny reality
Faith knows & believes God can change
reality
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You
are a Christian, not because you said a prayer at an altar, but because when
you prayed the Spirit of Jesus Christ actually entered your life!
When
He promises, "I will never leave you nor forsake
you," He means He is with
you forever.
The
devil knows you are a Christian not because you carry a Bible, but because he
actually sees Christ's presence burning within you.
It
is Christ dwelling in us that produces fruit, works deliverance and manifests
power through us.
Our
living union with Him makes us His temple; our connectedness to Him enlivens us
as His body.
In
the swirl of religious deception in our world, Jesus reduces all we truly need
to know about truth and error by focusing us upon Himself.
He
said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the
life" (John 14:6).
"Truth," Paul
tells us, "is in Jesus" (see
Ephesians 4).
And
when Jesus is in us, He transforms us.
Listen
carefully my friends: many of these attack sites do not believe that
Christ actually dwells within His people!
Of
those who accept Christ as dwelling within them, an additional number do not
believe we can actually hear from the Lord Jesus!
They
will accuse you of heresy if you believe you can have a relationship with Jesus
Christ!
This
is in spite of the fact that Jesus affirmed: "My
sheep hear My voice" (John
10:27).
Consider
also Paul's quest. His magnificent obsession was to know Christ, being
conformed to His life and death (Philippians
3:10).
Consider
also the profound words Paul wrote to the Galatians: "I
have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me" (Galatians
2:20).
Paul
wrote, "Christ lives in me."
The
Son of God is not a mere doctrine, He is Emmanuel, "God
with us."
Eternal
life comes from knowing God, and Jesus Christ whom God has sent (John
17:3).
So,
when a number of these attack websites posture themselves as "keepers of
the true faith," then reject the reality that Jesus Christ lives within
His church, they reveal that it is they, in fact, who are walking in
deception.
Truth
So, in an era of great confusion, we must see truth as a person: Jesus Christ.
So, in an era of great confusion, we must see truth as a person: Jesus Christ.
Everything
we need to know about God, heaven, hell, salvation, sin and redemption is
centered in Him.
We
must also apply our hearts in humility and focused faith to become like Him,
even as John taught: "The one who
says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He
walked" (1 John 2:6).
Eternal
life does not come from having a religion about Christ, but from actually
knowing Him (see John 17:3).
He
has purchased our forgiveness, our healing and our well-being.
As
our Redeemer, He works all things for our good.
As
our King, He grants us His authority and sends us as His ambassadors.
He
calls us His body, not just His people, underscoring His oneness with us, and
also extending to us His sanctification and righteousness.
We
are His bride, wooed by His love to His side.
If
anyone tries to convince you that Christ does not dwell within His people,
remind them of His word: "If anyone
loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come
to him and make Our abode with him" (John 14:23).
Beloved,
truth springs from our oneness with Jesus Christ.
The
vision of those walking in truth is "Christ in
you, the hope of glory" (Colossians
2:27).
Warn
those who deny the indwelling of Jesus Christ that the test of true faith is
the reality that "Jesus Christ is in you" (2
Corinthians 13:5).
Yes,
remind them truth is a person, not merely a doctrine.
Taken from
the article “Truth is a Person” by Francis Frangipane
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full article . . . CLICK HERE . . . https://puricarechronicles.blogspot.com/2019/07/truth-is-person-you-are-christian-not.html
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