First of all, I want to apologize for the tardiness of my posts. But, reading each of your insights has provided much relief and encouragement, more than you know.
Secondly, holy moly!
They in us so that "that they may all be one"
We are given to Jesus by the Father to be in the middle of the Trinitarian love! That is a concept I cannot wrap my mind around at all without it being unraveled all over again. So engraved is my understanding set by culture that every person needs to be individualistic, standing out, unique, or making a name for ourselves, that the truth of our design and privilege to be united is lost. How beautiful is the bride of Christ, together as one body, participating IN the oneness of God.
After listening to DJ's sermon, I have been thinking about how the oneness of us in God shows in my life? Being a mainly kinesthetic learner, I want to understand by application, by acting in oneness. But no matter or works or effort can place me in Christ. Being in, or one with the Lord is a declaration of our being. We are, I am in Christ. Our actions flow out from being united IN Christ who is IN the Father through the Holy Spirit IN us.
To compare, I think of our physical bodies. I have never once woken up in the morning and thought of my oneness in my body. It, for the most part, is always a cohesive mass of skin and bones, organs, nerves, blood vessels, and various systems. Oneness is not something we can created, it is something we are proclaimed to be in and of ourselves when we accept Christ.
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