from our Lay Leader
We are one with Christ. Jesus is our Exemplar. He is both human and divine. He is the man, Jesus, and the divine, Christ. We are both human and divine. We are human beings and the divine Christ. Christ is in you–read Colossians 1:27 if you don’t believe that.
God’s will is to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, which is Christ (Ephesians 1:10). That is what we pray for in the Lord’s Prayer — “your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.” And Jesus says again and again that the kingdom of heaven is near (Matthew 4:17). That is…we are already divine, we carry divinity in our bodies, in our DNA. We are made in and through Christ. Christ is in us! (Colossians 1:27).
This was the mystery that was hidden for thousands of year, but disclosed by Jesus: we are divine! (Colossians 1:26). That is the gospel! We were made to be perfect, to have eternal life, to live with and for God, the creator of all things! God lives in us in these fleshly bodies and when these bodies give out, we receive new bodies that shall never die! Our consciousness will live forever. We will never lose our personhood! You and I will never cease to be. The good news of the gospel goes far beyond the fact that our identity will never end, but that our very existence will be transformed from one of pain and loss and separation and suffering to one of glory and gain and unity and peace.
Paul says “God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Colossians 1:27). We are all “little Christs.”
Paul instructs us: “Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.” (Colossians 2:6, 9-10).
Live each day in the full knowledge that Christ lives in you and His power reigns in you. You are Christ to the world!