Colossians 1:27,
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
If you were to define Christianity how would you do it? Would you define it by what you do, how you keep the sacraments and the things you do to keep it going. How would you suppose the writers in the bible defined it? What was their take on what the Christian life is? Have you ever given much thought to really what makes a Christian? or have you determined all of your Christian life is wrapped up in a theology that you have heard and like? What is a Christian? it really is a very simple answer; a Christian is someone with Christ in them.
That may be the easiest definition you can have in scripture of Christianity there is. Your outward living of Christianity will be determined by the understanding of Christ in you. How you see him. Some are still struggling with the understanding of the Old Testament God who was ready to judge and pounce on all disobedience. Rightly so, but you have to seperate Old and New because He was not father to any in the Old Testament. They were under a completely different plan and set of rules, laws, relationship, and so on. They didn't even know they had a sin nature all they knew was they sinned. We do kind of have the upper hand wouldn't you say.
You cannot define Christianity by the Old Testament because everything is different, dispensation's are different, one is law the other grace. That's like trying to mix oil and water. You cannot define it by anything other than Christ in you, if you do you are not defining Christianity, you are defining some notion. Your outward living of the life of Christ is determined by the room you give him. Do you give him room, is he your life, is Christ the life that comes out of you in your dailey life not just one day a week.
You have no other life so what you live is determined to be Christ. Christians have to give Christ the room so he can be expressed through them as life. How do Christians do that? they do it like Paul said you must do that; you learn Christ, not the Christ outside of you but the Christ in you, for he is; the hope of glory. We are to know no man after the flesh; not even Jesus of Nazareth. You seek and look and learn the Christ in you, not an outer Christ.
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
If you were to define Christianity how would you do it? Would you define it by what you do, how you keep the sacraments and the things you do to keep it going. How would you suppose the writers in the bible defined it? What was their take on what the Christian life is? Have you ever given much thought to really what makes a Christian? or have you determined all of your Christian life is wrapped up in a theology that you have heard and like? What is a Christian? it really is a very simple answer; a Christian is someone with Christ in them.
That may be the easiest definition you can have in scripture of Christianity there is. Your outward living of Christianity will be determined by the understanding of Christ in you. How you see him. Some are still struggling with the understanding of the Old Testament God who was ready to judge and pounce on all disobedience. Rightly so, but you have to seperate Old and New because He was not father to any in the Old Testament. They were under a completely different plan and set of rules, laws, relationship, and so on. They didn't even know they had a sin nature all they knew was they sinned. We do kind of have the upper hand wouldn't you say.
You cannot define Christianity by the Old Testament because everything is different, dispensation's are different, one is law the other grace. That's like trying to mix oil and water. You cannot define it by anything other than Christ in you, if you do you are not defining Christianity, you are defining some notion. Your outward living of the life of Christ is determined by the room you give him. Do you give him room, is he your life, is Christ the life that comes out of you in your dailey life not just one day a week.
You have no other life so what you live is determined to be Christ. Christians have to give Christ the room so he can be expressed through them as life. How do Christians do that? they do it like Paul said you must do that; you learn Christ, not the Christ outside of you but the Christ in you, for he is; the hope of glory. We are to know no man after the flesh; not even Jesus of Nazareth. You seek and look and learn the Christ in you, not an outer Christ.
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