We must bear in mind that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
The Apostle Paul repeatedly states that we are the temple where the Holy Spirit dwells, the temple of God where the Spirit of God resides, the house of God where God dwells, and the field of God where God works.
As descendants of fallen Adam, we have died in sin and transgression and have become flesh from which the Spirit of God has departed. This flesh is destined for the lake of fire after death.
However, through God's great mercy, he has sent the promised Holy Spirit into us. Hallelujah!
Jesus, the Word, came to this earth in the flesh, was crucified and died for our sins, and rose again from the dead on the third day; through this, He destroyed the devil, who holds the power of death, transferred us into Christ, and sustains us. Hallelujah!
He ascended to heaven, seated us at the right hand of God, and sent the promised Holy Spirit within us. Hallelujah!
This Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth. The Spirit of truth teaches that the Lord Christ, the Son of God, whom He has seated on the throne, has come within us through the Spirit of truth.
We know that Christ the Son is in us, we are in Christ the Son, and Christ the Son is in the Father. Hallelujah!
Because the Spirit of God is in us, we are not in the flesh but in the spirit. Because the Spirit of Christ is in us, we are people of Christ. If Christ is in us, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness. Hallelujah!
The Christ the Son of God who is in us is our Lord.
God has made Jesus, who was crucified,
Lord and Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ is in us through the Spirit of truth. Hallelujah!
Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life. Therefore, He said, "Whoever dies and believes in me will live, and whoever lives and believes in me will see death again."
Therefore, as partakers of Christ, we have been united to his death through baptism, dying to sin; united to his resurrection, resurrected; and united to His life, becoming living before God.
This is the resurrection of us the dead through baptism.
The Lord is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever. We, who were dead in Adam, have become living in Christ through the Lord's atoning grace. Hallelujah!
The Book of Hebrews says that although we were formerly held captive by the devil’s serpent, through Christ’s death and resurrection we have escaped from the devil, been transferred into Christ, and are now held captive by Christ.
As partakers of the heavenly calling, the house of God, and partakers of Christ, we must approach the throne of grace to receive God’s mercy and help in due time.
After the Lord’s death, resurrection, and ascension, God has sent the Spirit of Truth into us. Jesus, who is the Word, has become Christ, the Word, the Son of God, within us through the Spirit of Truth.
The Holy Spirit makes it known that Christ is within us and that we, in Christ, have become new creations and have eternal life. Hallelujah!
Today, at the these last days, God speaks by the Son.
Like Israel in the wilderness, when you hear the voice of the Son, do not harden your heart with an evil, unbelief; instead, you must earnestly pray, supplicate, appeal, and cry to mix the Word you have heard with faith .
Only then will you be saved from death and enter into the Lord's rest.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Apostle and the High Priest. It is for us.
He entered inside the veil for us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, we approach inside the veil, the heavenly Holy of Holies, and the throne of grace.
The born-again believer sees the glory of the Kingdom of God and enters the Kingdom of God. Right now. At any moment.
Hallelujah.
The fact that we are the temple of God means that, by the Holy Spirit, the throne of grace is within us. The Kingdom of God is within us. It is a fact that we can invade the Kingdom of God by faith—that is, approach the throne of grace from time to time to obtain God's mercy and help.
The keys of the Kingdom of Heaven have been given to us.
The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, dwells within us. Hallelujah!
I hope that by our Lord Jesus Christ , with a true heart and perfect faith, we may enter the heavenly sanctuary, see the glory of God, and have that glory fill us so that we may shout out, "Glory, glory, Hallelujah!"
Written by Missionary SOOKYUNG CHUNG
TO GOD BE THE GLORY
첫댓글 "Approaching the throne of grace to receive God’s mercy and find help is an actual reality."
Amen.
Every time I come before God in prayer, I experience that His mercies are new every morning.
Rather than what the world offers, my heart is filled with the abundant grace of life that only God can provide.
It is through this divine strength that I am able to pour out my 'balance of love' to others.
Balance of love...Hallelujah!!