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Greetings,
As leaders in the body of Christ, we don’t lead people to discover a place of the temple of God in their lives. We lead them to be the place of God’s presence. Finding the correct geographical location is not the fulness of this, but the fullness of God’s dwelling place can be found in many geographical locations of the earth. God intends for the knowledge of His glory to cover the earth as the waters presently cover the sea (Isa. 11:9; Hab. 2:14). God’s glory is a place of His abundant life! This is not just a place of being alive, but a place of becoming someone who gives life to the world even as our Father gives life. This is being a temple of Holy Spirit whereby our world in influenced by God’s mercy and grace.
Being a dwelling place of God by His Spirit is true for individuals and for individuals together in community expressions of God’s life. The path of becoming a dwelling place is a path of faith, hope, and love. In Christ there is the calling of Christ, the testimony of Christ, and the purpose of Christ. Our life is in Him. We lose our lives to save our lives in Him. We lay our lives down to find our lives in Christ.
Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
The objective is not to lose our life, but to finally find it. We don’t lose our life to die, we simply acknowledge that life without Christ is not eternal. Only in Christ can we know life that cannot die. Only in Christ can we know the life that gives life to our world. It is in Christ that we become a place of God’s dwelling presence, and this is eternal life – a place of knowing God the Father and Jesus His Son by the fellowship of Holy Spirit.
John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
The Day of the Lord is an eternal Day. It is a Day of light that knows no darkness. It is a day beyond the ages of men. It is the place of eternal life that invites all men to end their age and embrace the calling, testimony, and purpose of God for His glory. As leaders we must lead people to let go of their age for the sake of God’s eternal purpose and plan. It is a path of greater glory. It is a path of unexpected glory!
Hebrews 9:24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
The death of Jesus upon our cross was a death, once for us all. This was the judgment of sin. In Christ we recognize our death so that we can find our life in Him. We end our age so that we can have a life influenced by and for God’s eternal plan of life. The cross of Jesus was His coming into our lives the first time. He died once for all so that all can see the end of their age and the beginning of His glory. This is the place of knowing His government and peace that has no end. God’s glory is seen in, by, and through His appearing in our lives a second time. We are no longer sinners, but sons and daughters of God in Christ. His appearance the first time was in the flesh to pronounce a judgment once for all upon the flesh of men. His judgment was one of mercy whereby all can believe in Him and be justified to live by that belief. His appearance a second time is by His Spirit within us. Holy Spirit has come in Jesus’ name to give us His salvation in every measure of our lives, including that which is beyond our world. This the place of His constant coming and His constant abiding in our lives. It will one day lead to a greater glory, but His glory is in our lives as sons and daughters of God. We are a dwelling place of God by His Spirit.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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