"God, who is rich in mercy, for His
great love with which He loved us ... hath made us alive together with Christ
... and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:4-6).
Believers are not occupying their position!
At best, most are trying to attain a victorious position by means of prayer,
Bible study, commitment, reconsecration, surrender, and so forth. But the
answer is simply to abide where we have already been placed --- in our risen
Lord Jesus Christ. Abide above, and keep looking down!
"Our Father has taken us over Jordan and
placed us in Canaan, but the reality of it is never known until by faith we
accept the fact on the basis of having died with Christ, and that therefore
heaven is our place, and we know it to be our place now; and that this side is
not our place, and we know that it is not.
"The more we abide in the Lord on the
other side, the less disappointed we will be here, for when we are there we
import new joys and new hopes into this old world, from an entirely new one,
and we therefore in every way surpass the inhabitants of this lost world."
--- J.B.S.
"You must abide in Christ in heaven
before you can descend with heavenly ability to act for Him down here. The
great secret of all blessing is to come from the Lord. Most Christians go to
Him."
"Christian experience is our measure of
apprehension of that which is already true of us in the Lord Jesus
Christ." - A.J.
"Stand fast in the Lord"
(Philippians 4:1).
The beauty of
grace.....
is that it meets
us where we are
and gives us what
we don't deserve.
Charles Swindoll
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“God does not
give His grace as He gives His sunshine - pouring it out on all alike. He
discriminates in spiritual blessings. He gives strength according to our need.
His eye is ever on us in tender, watchful love, and what we need He supplies.”
Video Archive - Les Feldick Bible Study
(A 10 Minute Video)
Video Archive - Les Feldick Bible Study
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read
Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
(A 10 Minute Video)
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