Aliens on Earth
John 17:16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
As Christians we are grafted in with Jesus and sit where he sits. We must renew our mind and accept where we truly belong: in Heaven.
Hebrews 11:13-16
[13] These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them , and embraced them , and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. [14] For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. [15] And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. [16] But now they desire a better country , that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
The more we accept this “location”, the more we make ourselves at home in Heaven, then the greater peace and joy we will receive on earth, regardless of circumstances.
Heirs with Christ
Ephesians 1:17-19
[17] I keep
asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you
the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. [18] I
pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know
the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in
his holy people, [19] and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That
power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from
the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms.
a) Who He
called me to be.
b) What I
have in Christ: His nature, provision, protection.
c) What I
am called to do according to the full power of God.
The
impossibility of non-decision: there is no standing on a fence. Not choosing
God means one is actively choosing someone else.
“We are not
a sub-heir with Jesus. We are a joint heir.”
Michael
Jacobs
Romans 8:17
Now if we
are children, then we are heirs---heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if
indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
1
Corinthians 15:27
For he “has
put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put
under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put
everything under Christ.
If we re
seated with Christ (Ephesians 1:17) and
everything is under His feet then everything is under our feet!
True humility
Exodus 3:11
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh
and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
Moses was focused on who he was rather than on who God was -
limitations instead of solutions. Moses was being humble in the worldly sense but not in the spiritual
sense. For humility is knowing who you are in God. If Moses grasped this
concept fully he would go forth in confidence.
Leading by example
1 John 2:29
If you know
(perceive and are sure) that He Christ is absolutely righteous conforming to
the Father's will in purpose, thought, and action, you may also know (be sure)
that everyone who does righteously and is therefore in like manner conformed to
the divine will is born (begotten) of Him God.
We are called
to be ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20).
Ambassadors do not go to another country to learn how they live but to tell
them about their own country. So we do not deal with sinners to tell them how
bad they have it and how wrong they are but to tell them how good we have it in
our kingdom.
Andy De Campos
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