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| Foundational to the Christian
faith is a clear understanding of our mystical or spiritual union with Jesus Christ Many Christians live with unhealthy fears and anxieties because they lack an understanding of their spiritual identity in their union with Christ. Therefore, the Holy Spirit desires to illumine our hearts and minds in order that we might move from an insecure position to a secure position in our relationship with God and people. One mistake quite often is made by speaking of a time in which we made a commitment to Christ, rather than when Christ made a commitment to us. Scripture says that God chose us "in Him" before the foundation of the World (Ephesians 1:4a). God, who is omniscient and omnipotent, causes us to discover in time what has been determined in eternity, or before time began. In the fullest biblical sense, our union with Christ began in eternity past and goes through time into eternity future. The Spirit of Truth through the written Word confirms this by the assurance that, "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6b). The Gospel of John adds that at the day of the Holy Spirit's coming, believers would know "I [Christ] am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you" (John 14:20). In summary, Father God knows that we come from the womb spiritually dead. We all develop fears and insecurities to some degree. He wants us to know that we are special because we were chosen "in Christ" before the foundation of the world was framed and by His Holy Spirit and Word, He will renew our minds and build a divine confidence of our union with Christ. The songwriter penned it, "He saves, He keeps, He satisfies." |