"Does Christ Dwell...

[GRACE ambassador]

...in Your Heart?

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...”
(Eph. 3:17a).​

The above Scripture is an excerpt from Paul’s prayer showing how he prayed
for power and spiritual maturity for Christians. What has perplexed many
thinking students of God’s Word is why he would request that “Christ may
Dwell in your hearts by faith” when the Bible plainly teaches that all believers
have already been Indwelt By Christ...

...our state or condition in this world is far from perfect and requires our
continual growth in knowledge and godliness. The goal of the Christian life
is not to be saved (that is only the beginning), but to be conformed to the
image of Christ (Rom. 8:29). Even the Apostle Paul had to recognize that
he had not yet attained to this spiritual objective (Phil. 3:10-14)...

...The normal course of action when we realize the Spirit’s grieving in us is
to obey God’s Word and be filled with (controlled by) the Spirit. The parallel
verse in Colossians 3:16 tells us that in order to do this, we should “let the
Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.” This “Word of Christ” to us
Gentiles in this Dispensation of Grace refers specifically to Paul’s epistles...
"
(K Lawson)

FULL study:
Does Christ Dwell in Your Heart?

GRACE, Peace, And JOY...

 

[Robert Gwin]

...in Your Heart?

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...”
(Eph. 3:17a).​

The above Scripture is an excerpt from Paul’s prayer showing how he prayed
for power and spiritual maturity for Christians. What has perplexed many
thinking students of God’s Word is why he would request that “Christ may
Dwell in your hearts by faith” when the Bible plainly teaches that all believers
have already been Indwelt By Christ...

...our state or condition in this world is far from perfect and requires our
continual growth in knowledge and godliness. The goal of the Christian life
is not to be saved (that is only the beginning), but to be conformed to the
image of Christ (Rom. 8:29). Even the Apostle Paul had to recognize that
he had not yet attained to this spiritual objective (Phil. 3:10-14)...

...The normal course of action when we realize the Spirit’s grieving in us is
to obey God’s Word and be filled with (controlled by) the Spirit. The parallel
verse in Colossians 3:16 tells us that in order to do this, we should “let the
Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.” This “Word of Christ” to us
Gentiles in this Dispensation of Grace refers specifically to Paul’s epistles...
"
(K Lawson)

FULL study:
Does Christ Dwell in Your Heart?

GRACE, Peace, And JOY...

Christians have many reasons why they choose to be Christians sir, I believe most are Christians to be saved actually. I rather believe that if we knew beyond a reasonable doubt we would not attain to salvation, then most of us would eat and drink and attain to whatever pleases us, for tomorrow we die.

You are correct however, that is not the proper motive to serve God, we truly should serve Him for what we have been given, and not what we expect to get.

Very few even understand the issue that we all live in, but we live in a showdown between two Gods, and every single one of us is on one side or the other. I chose to stand on Jehovah's side, not because I know Him so well as He hasn't interacted with Society much, and hasn't for centuries now that we are aware of, but it is rather easy to see that satan is a worthless god who is incapable of making a righteous society, his world has failed miserably. Everyone can see that, so why would they choose to stand on his side? Puzzles the heck out of me, but after man and satan brings us to the point of extinction, Jehovah is going to send His forces to remove him and his followers, and then all alive will see the contrast of what Jehovah can do in 1k yrs vs satans and mans 6k. But if you want to have a part in this, the only guaranteed way is to stand on Jehovah's side of the issue now.