Consider This Analogy:
Take a surgical glove, fill it with wet concrete, tie it off, and place it on a table, gripping a book. The concrete, like our union identity with God, conforms to the glove, representing God’s love. Over time, the concrete transforms into a unified form. Then the glove (representing your flesh identity) can be removed, and you perfectly reflect your completeness in Christ Jesus's Person and Love. The process involves attaching our souls to Christ as our life and living.
When we are born of the Spirit, we instantly conform to Christ. Our soul is transformed by renewed thinking; over time, our identity is formed into God’s Love.
When we are born of the Spirit, we instantly conform to Christ. Our soul is transformed by renewed thinking; over time, our identity is formed into God’s Love.
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Agent:
“Like newborn babies, you have longed for the pure milk of the word so that by it, you may freely express the salvation you have.” -- (1 Peter 2:2, DLC)
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Goal:
“Just as He chose us in Himself before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him, in love” — (Ephesians 1:4, DLC)
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Action:
“but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ”— (Ephesians 4:15 NASB95)
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Conclusion
As we identify as persons expressing God’s Love -- the very person and nature of our Savior — we understand that we are blameless and holy in His Love. We can share the following truth with others.
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Key Verse:
“We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.” — (Colossians 1:28, emphasis mine NASB95)
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Questions
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