“Abide in Christ” and “Christ in you”
Question:
If you are a Christian, is Christ in you?
Question: Is your life different because
of Christ?
Per Merriam-Webster dictionary the term “abide” has the
following meanings:
- to endure without yielding . . .
- to accept without objection . . .
- to remain stable or fixed in a
state . . .
Per the www.abideinchrist.com website:
The Christian life begins with a great
exchange. Jesus Christ took your place, and died on the cross for you. All your
sins were
placed upon Jesus Christ, and He died in your stead. In the great transaction
Christ got all
your sin and you were clothed in his perfect righteousness (2 Corinthians
5:21). Salvation
is by grace through faith for all who will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
The term
“abide” is listed in the book Genesis, Deuteronomy,
Leviticus, Numbers, and in the New Testament the term
“Christ in you” is used. Let’s
take a look at some NT Scripture . . .
Note: In J.
“The theme is reconciliation . . . God is reconciled by what
Christ has done”
Note: In J. Vernon
McGee’s “Notes & Outlines” he reminds us:
“Believers should take a take a regular inventory to see if
they are in the faith.”
Galatians 2:20
(NIV):
20 I have been crucified with Christ
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I live in the body, I live
by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave himself for me.
Question: If you are
a Christian, is Christ in you?
Question: Is your life different because
of Christ?
References:
The following websites were referenced Sept. 13, 2007:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/abide
http://www.abideinchrist.com/vine/index.html
J. Vernon McGee’s “Notes & Outlines” for 2 Corinthians
Also review Matthew 25:8-12 . . .
http://www.onmission.com/site/c.cnKHIPNuEoG/b.830283/k.F843/Awakenings.htm
Additional Study:
Matthew Henry’s commentary on 2 Cor. 5:
The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new
rules, with new ends, and in new
company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a
new heart
is given him. He is the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus unto good
works.
Though the same as a man, he is changed in his character and conduct. These
words must
and do mean more than an outward reformation. The man who formerly saw no
beauty in
the Saviour that he should desire him, now loves him
above
all things. The heart of the unregenerate is filled with
enmity against God, and God is
justly offended with him. Yet there may be reconciliation. Our offended God has
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. By the inspiration of God, the
Scriptures were
written, which are the word of reconciliation; showing that peace has been made
by the
cross, and how we may be interested therein. Though God cannot lose by the
quarrel, nor
gain by the peace, yet he beseeches sinners to lay aside their
enmity, and accept the salvation he offers. Christ knew no sin.
He was made Sin; not a
sinner, but Sin, a Sin-offering, a Sacrifice for sin. The end and design of all
this was, that
we might be made the righteousness of God in him, might be justified freely by
the grace
of God through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Can any lose, labour, or suffer
too much for Him, who gave his beloved Son to be the Sacrifice for their sins,
that they
might be made the righteousness of God in him?
Other potentially useful website
links:
http://www.abideinchrist.com/links/helps.html
http://biblestudies.stores.yahoo.net
http://www.wbschool.org/?gclid=CNyuupmLwo4CFRAvhgodYQ2pCA
http://www.deanofdeals.com/search.aspx?l=Bible%20Colleges
http://www.trinitysem.edu/yahoo_index.html