CHRIST IN YOU

Sunday Morning:  August 24, 2003

Text: Galatians 4:19  "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,"

CHRIST, THE SAVIOUR OF THE BODY

Ephesians 5:23  ". . . Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body."

BORN FROM ABOVE

John 3:3  "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

TO BE SAVED

Acts 16:30-31  "And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."

ONLY SAVED ARE IN THE BODY

1 Corinthians 12:12  "For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ."

SPECIAL PLACEMENT

1 Corinthians 12:18  "But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him."

ONE BODY

1 Corinthians 12:20  "But now are they many members, yet but one body."

A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST

2 Corinthians 5:17  "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS THE SAVED

1 Corinthians 6:19  "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"

 

WITH YOU AND IN YOU

John 14:17  "Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."

CHRIST IS NOT A SPIRIT

Luke 24:39  "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have."

STILL IN THE FLESH

1 John 4:2  "Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come [perfect tense] in the flesh (and He is still in the flesh) is of God:"

STILL HAS THE WOUNDS

Zechariah 13:6  "And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends."

A NEW BEGINNING

Galatians 4:19  "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,"

CHRIST IN YOU

Colossians 1:27  "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:"

LIVING HOPE

1 Peter 1:3  "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,"

FAITH AND HOPE

Hebrews 11:1  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

 

BY FAITH, STAND AND REJOICE IN HOPE

Romans 5:2  "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."

A FAITH ISSUE

2 Corinthians 13:5  "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates [disapproved]?"

TO KNOW YOUR FAITH

1 Thessalonians 3:5 "For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain."

DEPARTING FROM THE FAITH

1 Timothy 4:1  "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"

THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH

Galatians 3:11-12  "But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them."

PAUL WAS AFRAID OF VAIN LABOR

Galatians 4:11  "I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain."

LABOR PAINS

Revelation 12:2  "And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered."

REJOICE IN THE DAY OF CHRIST

Philippians 2:16  "Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain."

STRIVING TO PERFECT ALL IN CHRIST

Colossians 1:29  " Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 29. Where unto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily."

MIND OF CHRIST

Philippians 2:5  "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"

GLORY

Philippians 2:8-9  "And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:"

GOD GAVE HIM GLORY

1 Peter 1:21  "Who by him [Christ, vs. 19) do believe [present active] in God, that raised him [Christ, vs. 19) up from the dead, and gave him [Christ, vs. 19) glory; that your faith and hope might be in God."

JESUS ANTICIPATED THE JOY

Hebrews 12:2  "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

ENTER INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD

Matthew 25:23  "His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."

IN THY PRESENCE, JOY

Psalms 16:11  "Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."