We Are United With Christ
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, If any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. - Philippians 2:1-2
Too many folks just think of Christ in terms of being saved from judgment and they aren’t aware that receiving Christ is much more than that. Paul writes here of “being united with Christ.” This passage seems to be saying that we are not just living by ourselves, but we are connected to Christ in such a way that we are united with him.
In another place Paul speaks of being hidden in Christ. That is, we are covered by his grace and it is Christ who lives through us. Being united, or connected like Siamese twins, gives us the ability to walk faithfully in his will.
Most of us who have been born into the family of God have a desire to live righteously and display the glory of God in our life, but too often we fall short of that. Why do we fall short? Could it be that we do not realize the power of the Christ in us and we try to rely on our own strength to live well?
As we realize that it is him living through us and not just ourselves trying to do the right things, then his comfort and love lead us into fellowship with the Spirit. Encouragement, love and fellowship in his Spirit produce tenderness and compassion. That is being Christ-minded.
Prayer: Lord, I know that we are united with Christ, but I keep trying to walk out my journey in my own strength. Grant me the grace of understanding that you are living through me and that the Holy Spirit is my constant companion. In Jesus name, amen.
We Are United With Christ
Message: Why do we fall short of the righteousness God has for us? Could it be that we do not realize the power of the Christ in us and we try to rely on our own strength to live well? As we realize that it is him living through us and not just ourselves trying to do the right things, then his comfort and love lead us into fellowship with the Spirit.
Affirmation: It is because I have been united with Christ that his righteousness lives through me.
Reflection: If we are righteous whose righteousness is it? Ours or his? Paul uses some power words relative to being united with Christ. How do these words reflect what it is to be “in Christ”? The words are: encouragement, comfort, fellowship, compassion. Think about it.
Too many folks just think of Christ in terms of being saved from judgment and they aren’t aware that receiving Christ is much more than that. Paul writes here of “being united with Christ.” This passage seems to be saying that we are not just living by ourselves, but we are connected to Christ in such a way that we are united with him.
In another place Paul speaks of being hidden in Christ. That is, we are covered by his grace and it is Christ who lives through us. Being united, or connected like Siamese twins, gives us the ability to walk faithfully in his will.
Most of us who have been born into the family of God have a desire to live righteously and display the glory of God in our life, but too often we fall short of that. Why do we fall short? Could it be that we do not realize the power of the Christ in us and we try to rely on our own strength to live well?
As we realize that it is him living through us and not just ourselves trying to do the right things, then his comfort and love lead us into fellowship with the Spirit. Encouragement, love and fellowship in his Spirit produce tenderness and compassion. That is being Christ-minded.
Prayer: Lord, I know that we are united with Christ, but I keep trying to walk out my journey in my own strength. Grant me the grace of understanding that you are living through me and that the Holy Spirit is my constant companion. In Jesus name, amen.
We Are United With Christ
Message: Why do we fall short of the righteousness God has for us? Could it be that we do not realize the power of the Christ in us and we try to rely on our own strength to live well? As we realize that it is him living through us and not just ourselves trying to do the right things, then his comfort and love lead us into fellowship with the Spirit.
Affirmation: It is because I have been united with Christ that his righteousness lives through me.
Reflection: If we are righteous whose righteousness is it? Ours or his? Paul uses some power words relative to being united with Christ. How do these words reflect what it is to be “in Christ”? The words are: encouragement, comfort, fellowship, compassion. Think about it.
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