8-2-2015 weekly message

Meditation of the week: Psalms 17:1-15

Main scripture: Galatians 4:19-31

Subject: Is Christ being formed within you?

            Apostle Paul testifies unto Galatians that were following the law not knowing the law cannot mingle with Christ. When he wrote unto the Roman Christians, he testified that the Christians who dwell in the Lord Jesus Christ are in the law of the Spirit of life no more in the law of sin and death; and he encouraged them not to follow the law of sin and death in the sinful body, but to follow the Spirit in their spirit so that they may live in life and peace without condemnation at all.

            He testified unto them, they may have life and peace through they walk in the truth following spiritual words of God not thinking carnally anymore. The Christians born again of the Spirit should receive the words of God, the truth, and fill them in the heart, and walk in the truth. Then the words of God manifested in flesh so that Christ is formed within them. As Christ was conceived in the body of Mary, when she believed the words of God and received that was delivered by the angel Gabriel, Christ is formed within us, when we believe the words of God with understanding through the Spirit, and walk in the words of truth.

            Apostle Paul encouraged Galatians saying, “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.”

When he said, “again”, he meant that he had already travailed for them to be born again of the Spirit once before. When he wrote unto Corinthians, he testified unto them saying, “For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.”(1Cor. 4;15)

There were so many bible teachers at that time, but they failed to preach the true gospel of Christ so that they failed to make people be again of the Spirit, but ended up with producing so many religious people. But Apostle Paul travailed in birth for them through preaching the gospel of Christ that gives life; and he became their spiritual father.

            King David gave his desire unto the LORD God through his prayer saying, “From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake.”(Ps. 17:14,15)

         Apostle Paul testified unto the saints in the church of Philippians saying, their body shall be changed as the glorious body of the Lord Jesus Christ when they shall be translated (raptured):

“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body,”(Phil. 3:20,21)

           Apostle John made the same testimony when he wrote unto the children of God saying:

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”(1John 3:2,3)

           The Lord Jesus spoke unto the Father to sanctify his disciples in his final prayer saying,

“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”(John 17:17)

Yeah! There is the only one thing that sanctify man is the words of God. Apostle Paul also testified of sanctification when he wrote unto Ephesians saying,

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”(Eph. 5:26,27)

           If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all our unrighteousness. But to be sanctified, we have to fill the words of the truth within our purified heart, and walk in the truth. Then at the same time, Christ is formed within us.

            Apostle Paul testified unto Corinthians of the resurrection of Christians:

“The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.”(1Cor. 15:47-49)

           Before Apostle Paul testified of the resurrection of Christians, he testified of the mystery of resurrection hidden in the nature toward natural men saying,

“But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.”(Cor. 15:35-44)

             Yeah! Except man, the forms of the bodies of all the creatures are hidden in their seed. When their seeds are sawn into the ground or the wombs of their female, they are born as their original forms, and in the case of the plants, their seeds are corrupted in the ground, and they sprout again as the form of the plant.

But there is no seed inside of the grain or semen, it cannot sprout out. In the same manner, man is also buried in the ground as a seed, man cannot be raised again without the seed of life in the body. But born again Christian of the Spirit of life is to be raised again, even though his body is weak and shameful and corruptible , he shall be resurrected as powerful and glorious spiritual body.

            As the glory of the sun is different from the glory of the moon, and the glory of a star is different from the glory of another star, the glory of Christian is different from one to another. As much as Christ is formed within them, in other word, as much as sanctified with the words of God, their glory of resurrection shall be different one to another. Their glory shall be rewarded as the crowns to be given at the judgment seat of Christ. In other word, their glory shall be as the reigning power in the Millennium of Christ in the earth as the joint-heirs.

            Yeah! Therefore, we have to be sanctified with the waters within the words of God for all whole spirit and soul and body during our life in the earth. As much as Christ is formed in us in the words of God, we shall be resurrected gloriously. Apostle Paul encouraged unto the saint of Thessalonians who were persecuted in the midst of preaching the gospel of Christ waiting for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ saying,

“Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Quench not the Spirit.

Despise not prophesyings.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”(1Thes. 5:16-24)

 Amen! Hallelujah!