To whom God would make
known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery...which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory – Col 1:27
What is “Christ”?
Christ means the “anointed one”; it’s the title given to Jesus as a testament
of His unique fulfilment of all messianic prophesies.
What is “Christ”?
Christ is God’s answer to Man’s problem. The first Adam fell and brought death
and condemnation to all His descendants. So God came in the flesh in the person
of Jesus, as the “last Adam”; that “as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.” (1Co 15:22, 45).
Who is a Christian? A
Christian is NOT a rehabilitated sinner or a “kind and unselfish” person
(Encarta Dictionary definition).A Christian is NOT a Westerner. A Christian is
one who has accepted CHRIST.
A Christian is a
recreated individual, spiritually born again with new life. (2Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15;
Eph 2:10). At salvation, the Christian receives a new heart and a new heritage.
The Christian is dead to sin and alive to God.
Sadly, we preachers
still preach to Christians as though they’re inherently depraved and sinful,
(yet become frustrated when they act accordingly). The “Christ” in CHRISTian
is not a philosophy or an ideology, it’s a Person. When Christ enters into a
life it means the Holy God has entered into that life. It’s a planted seed
that, when nurtured correctly, will yield fruits of righteousness.
Because of the “Christ”
in the CHRISTian, he/she is righteous and guiltless before God. They’ve
been translated out of the kingdom of darkness into Christ; and are seated in heavenly
places in Him, “Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion,
and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is
to come” (Eph 2:6; 1:20; Col 1:13).
HALLELUJAH!
I pray the Truths of the Christ we’ve meditated upon this week be your
everyday experience in Jesus name.
AMEN.
GREG ELKAN
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