The most sacred Person in the world is the One sent from the Father. He is the Son, sent on a special mission. Thus the Son is called CHRIST, a word which means "Anointed." An anointing is always related to a task to be performed. Christ came to dwell in the human body of Jesus and did so for these tasks to be fulfilled:
1. He would bring the message of a Kingdom not of this world that He would establish for the Father.
2. He would reveal in human flesh the attributes of the Godhead for all to see.
3. He would atone for the sins of all mankind.
But He had a fourth task, one that could not be completed in the body of Jesus! The reason? For the fourth task He would indwell a human form that could be present in all cultures in all centuries. That task was to continually reveal His Presence and Power as the revelation of God's love for all the people of the world. He would not "empower" others to do this; rather, His Spirit would indwell the new body and He would personally be the Power manifested in and through them.
This new body is called the ecclesia, those men and women who are called out from the world to jointly become body members for Christ. Thus, Paul wrote in Galatians 4:19,
"My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you. . ." Paul writes in Colossians 1:29, "To this end I am toiling strenuously with all the energy and power of Christ at work in me."
We have lost our way. The true church is the sacred body of Christ. He is not yet honored as the Head of the Body. We are grieving the Godhead with the concept of "church" we now experience. Not until we recognize the body parts are formed by the Holy Spirit as the agent of Christ in the earth will this change.
If you are reading this, I would like to ask you a question: "Can you live in the status quo?" If so, please explain how you can do so. I cannot. Tell me how you do it.
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Ralph,
ReplyDeleteI cannot live in the status quo. Once you have tasted the experience of Christ's presence in an intimate gathering of believers in a home, you cannot be satisfied with meetings, services, programs, or building-centered ministry. Once you have tasted of the thrill of seeing someone you have labored over coming into the Kingdom of Christ or making a decision of Lordship or suddenly being 'lit on fire' as they begin to experience the life of Christ you cannot go back to religion.
Shiff