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Greetings,
What is the difference between a culture of life and imposing systems of control? Christ in humanity is not a controlling system of Christianity. It is a testimony of light shining out of darkness, not light that is to darkness that ultimately becomes some form of judgement to the darkness.
2 Corinthians 4:5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Our strength as believers and as leaders is not in our human abilities. Our strength is found in the testimony of Christ within us. The light of Christ shines out of us to transform our lives from within. As leaders we lead others in the path of knowing the glory of Christ within them. The testimony of life does not come from an outside source. It comes from the manifest presence of Christ within us. This is the anointing that teaches us all things. That teaching is not a teaching of information. It is a teaching of transformation in our character, nature, and way. We increasingly become a testimony of the life of God in our hearts and minds. This affects all that we are and do in life.
A Christian structure, methods, or laws are not a substitute for life. As leaders our main objective is not to merely teach Christian principles or beliefs that govern the actions of our lives. Our main focus is to see the life of Christ empower the heart desires and thoughts within the minds of ourselves and those we lead. This is the fruit of Christ within each one who embraces a personal relationship with Christ in their lives.
The environment we believe we have within us becomes the environment around us. As leaders we lead others to know the environment of Christ within them. We are a dwelling place of God by His Spirit. Without Christ we are each a body of ourselves but with Christ in us we become a body with God’s manifest presence within. Knowing God within us enables us to know a partnership with Him in all things. This is more important than merely knowing and teaching biblical principles.
The Scriptures are filled with principles, patterns, and values that testify to God’s character, nature, way, power, and authority. The Scriptures are not a substitute for God’s character, nature, way, power, and authority. They are a witness to them. They are not meant to be the measurement by which we live as believers in Christ. The measurement by which we live is Christ Himself. Only Christ within us in the hope of any and all glory in our lives. As leaders we lead others in knowing Christ within them. When the Scriptures become our rule of faith alone, they become a law that controls us and a law by which we judge ourselves and others. This is not true life. True life only comes by the atmosphere of life within our hearts. That atmosphere is created by Christ Himself living in our hearts.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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