BEING “IN” CHRIST THE ULTIMATE STATE OF BEING

Christ Jesus is a “Spirit” so that being “IN” Christ

Is being “IN” the Spirit of Christ.

The apostle John said that he was “In The Spirit” on the Lord's Day

When he received The Revelation from Christ Jesus.

(Revelation 1:10)

The Apostle John tells us:

After this I looked, and there before me was a Door

Standing Open in Heaven.

And a Voice I had first heard speaking to me like a Trumpet said,

'Come Up Here, and I will show you what must take place after this.'

At once I was “In The Spirit”...

(Revelation 4:1, 2)

Then the Angel carried me away “In The Spirit” into a desert.

(Revelation 17:3)

One of the Seven Angels who had the Seven Bowls

Full of the Last Plagues came and said to me.

'Come, I will show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb.'

And he carried me away “In The Spirit”...

(Revelation 21:9, 10)

Christ Jesus said of King David:

'How is it then that David, speaking “By The Spirit,”

Calls Him Lord'?

(Matthew 22:43)

The apostle Paul told the Saints of his experience “In The Spirit:”

I must go on boasting.

Although there is nothing to be gained,

I will go on to Visions and Revelations from the Lord.

I know a man “In Christ” who fourteen years ago

WAS CAUGHT UP TO THE THIRD HEAVEN.

Whether in the body or out of the body

I do not know—God knows.

And I know that this man—

Whether in the body or apart from the body

I do not know, but God knows--

WAS CAUGHT UP TO PARADISE.

HE HEARD INEXPRESSIBLE THINGS,

THINGS THAT MAN IS NOT PERMITTED TO TELL.

(2 Corinthians 12:1-4)

What is Christ Jesus' Objective for those “In His Spirit?”

He tells us:

Father, Protect them by the Power of your Name--

The Name you gave Me (Lord Jesus Christ)--

SO THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE.

(John 17:11)

My Prayer is not for them alone.

I Pray also for those who will believe their Message,

THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE,

FATHER, JUST AS YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU.

May they also be “In Us”

SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU SENT ME.

I have given them The Glory that You gave Me,

THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE.

I IN THEM AND YOU IN ME.

May they be brought to Complete Unity

TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT YOU SENT ME

And have loved them even as you have loved me.

(John 17:20-23)

How does the World know

That Christ Jesus was Sent by God the Father?

By Witnessing those who are One with Christ by His Spirit--

Those “In His Spirit”--

Those who Reveal the Glory of God, given them by Christ.

What is the Glory of Christ?

It is when He reveals Himself through Miracles.

When Christ Jesus performed His First Miracle

By turning the water into wine, Scripture says this:

This the First of His Miraculous Signs,

HE THUS REVEALED HIS GLORY,

And His Disciples put their Faith in Him.

(John 2:11)

Those “In Christ” reveal the Glory of Christ.

What is the Purpose of the Revealed Glory of Christ?

IT IS, TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT CHRIST JESUS

WAS SENT BY THE FATHER, GOD.

Christ Jesus told the Jews

Who did not believe He was the Son of God:

'Do not believe Me unless I do what My Father does.

BUT IF I DO IT, EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME,

BELIEVE THE MIRACLES,

That you may learn and understand

THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME,

AND I AM IN THE FATHER.

(John 10:37, 38)