LIVING IN HIM
It was a surprise to the writer to find that the expressions “in Christ,” “in whom,” “in Him,” occur more than 130 times in the New Testament. This is the heart of the Life in Him. Here is the secret of faith that conquers, faith that moves mountains. Here is the secret of the Spirit's guiding us into all Reality. The heart craves intimacy with the Lord Jesus and with the Father. Eph. 1:7, “In whom we have our redemption through his blood, the remission of our trespasses according to the riches of His grace.”
It is not a beggarly Redemption. It is a God-like Redemption by the God who could say, “Let there be lights in the firmaments of heaven,” causing the whole starry heavens to leap into being in a single instant. That is Omnipotence. That is beyond human reason. That is where philosophy has never left a footprint. That is like our miraculous Redemption. It is according to the riches of His grace. Not only that, but it is through His blood. Eph. 1:8, “It has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence.” It is lavish. It is abundant, but it is mixed with wisdom.
Our Redemption is a perfect thing. When you know it, enter into it, your heart grows accustomed to it, there will be ability in your life that you have never known. Col. 1:13-14, “Who delivered us out of the authority of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love; in Whom we have our redemption, the remission of our sins.” You are delivered out of the authority of Satan. You are free. It is in Him we have our Redemption. You have been delivered out of Satan’s dominion. You have been translated into the kingdom of His love. You are free from the dominion of Satan.
The hour will come when you will awaken to the fact that he cannot put disease upon you, that he cannot give you pain and anguish in your body. The hour will come when you will know that want and poverty are things of the past, as far as you are concerned. You will shout amid the turbulence and fear of other men, “The Lord is now my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in plenty, in fullness. I am satisfied with Him.” (Taken from Ps. 23:1) This Redemption is real, Satan is defeated. Disease is outlawed. Want is banished. We are free. Jn. 8:36, “If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free in reality.” (Literal trans.) The word “indeed” there really means "reality".
Jn. 10:10, “I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.” What is Life? Life is the nature of God. You may have the Father’s nature abundantly. You are in Christ. You are in the very realm of Life. That Life has in it the Life that transcends reasoning. It is Eternal Life. Jn. 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Reality, and the Life.” He was unveiling to the heart what He can be to us. He can be Life to us. He can be Reality to us. He can fulfill every desire with satisfaction. That is the kind of a risen Lord that we have. Gal. 5:1, “Stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.” The gravest danger of the believer is that after he has been made free, he will lapse back into bondage. He leaves the realm of the spirit, and of faith and walks in the realm of sight and the Senses.
As Sense Reason gains the supremacy he loses his joy in the Lord. We are New Creations in Christ Jesus. This is a thrilling truth. We are just finding out what this can mean to us. 2 Cor. 5:17, “Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation.” This New Creation fact means to you, (whether you know it or not), all that it means to Jesus and the Father. Paul's Revelation is filled with New Creation truth. It is God's dream for you to enjoy the fullness of this New Creation’s privileges. “The old things are passed away.” Those old things of bondage, fear, doubt, want, sickness, weakness, and failure are gone. You say “that is not possible. These things do not belong to the New Creation.” The New Creation is just like the Master. He is the Head. You are the Body. He is the Vine. You are the branch. As He is, so are you. Jn. 15:1-7, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman…I am the vine, you are the branches.” 1 Jn. 4:7, “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is begotten of God, and knows God.” Just as long as you deal in doubts and fears, as you sit in judgment on yourself, you will never arrive. You will never enjoy these things. But if you will act on the Word, take it for granted and act on it as you would act on a letter from some friend, you will arrive. Now act upon the Word of God which cannot be broken. When God says, “All things have become new,” start thinking of yourself as living in this new realm.
Culled from the book "WHAT WE ARE IN CHRIST" by E. W. Kenyon
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