Sunday, February 21, 2010
Baptizing with Holy Spirit !
In the new birth, as we repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, Christ
is formed in us. On real baptism Holy Spirit should imparts the life of Christ to us. So the first thing that happens in our Christian experience is that Christ is formed in us.
Jesus Christ becomes incarnate within us. The Holy Spirit superimposes the nature of Jesus Christ, the divine nature, upon our nature, the human nature, and now our
Desires, our wishes, our instincts begin to be "Christ-ionized," because they are no
Longer only the expression of the nature of man, but they are permeated by the
nature of God and begin to find expression through the personality, the person, of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is why we sometimes see cataclysmic conversions. Sinners living completely apart from God receive the Lord Jesus Christ, and their lives are completely transformed. They may have been alcoholics or drug addicts. They may have been bound by all manner of sin; however, when they receive the Lord Jesus Christ (Holy Spirit), when Christ comes in, every desire, every impulse seemingly is Sanctified and their lives are completely transformed.
The desires that previously dominated their lives no longer have influence or control over them.
On the other hand, there are those who are converted but seem to have more of a struggle to overcome certain desires or certain temptations. However, the important thing is that Jesus Christ is imparted to us by the Holy Spirit. This is the mystery of the Gospel. The Apostle Paul said that this mystery was hidden from the foundation of the world until God revealed it unto him: Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gen-tiles; which is Christ in You, the hope of glory (Col. 1:26-27).
The mystery of the Gospel is Christ in you, the hope of glory. This was the mystery. This was the revelation that God gave to the Apostle: the transforming power of Christian experience is derived from the impartation of Jesus Christ to the believer. The nature of Jesus Christ, even Christ Himself, is in us.
Jesus prayed to the Father for Him to effect this experience: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: ...that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one (John 17:21-23).
And again, Jesus promised that when He sent them another comforter, they would know that He was abiding in them: At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and
ye in me, and I in you (John 14:20).
Probably the most powerful statement in the scriptures concerning this impartation of Christ is that of Paul himself, when he relates his experience in
Christ to the Galatians: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not
I, but Christ lived in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave himself for me (Gal. 2:20).
Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan
is formed in us. On real baptism Holy Spirit should imparts the life of Christ to us. So the first thing that happens in our Christian experience is that Christ is formed in us.
Jesus Christ becomes incarnate within us. The Holy Spirit superimposes the nature of Jesus Christ, the divine nature, upon our nature, the human nature, and now our
Desires, our wishes, our instincts begin to be "Christ-ionized," because they are no
Longer only the expression of the nature of man, but they are permeated by the
nature of God and begin to find expression through the personality, the person, of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is why we sometimes see cataclysmic conversions. Sinners living completely apart from God receive the Lord Jesus Christ, and their lives are completely transformed. They may have been alcoholics or drug addicts. They may have been bound by all manner of sin; however, when they receive the Lord Jesus Christ (Holy Spirit), when Christ comes in, every desire, every impulse seemingly is Sanctified and their lives are completely transformed.
The desires that previously dominated their lives no longer have influence or control over them.
On the other hand, there are those who are converted but seem to have more of a struggle to overcome certain desires or certain temptations. However, the important thing is that Jesus Christ is imparted to us by the Holy Spirit. This is the mystery of the Gospel. The Apostle Paul said that this mystery was hidden from the foundation of the world until God revealed it unto him: Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gen-tiles; which is Christ in You, the hope of glory (Col. 1:26-27).
The mystery of the Gospel is Christ in you, the hope of glory. This was the mystery. This was the revelation that God gave to the Apostle: the transforming power of Christian experience is derived from the impartation of Jesus Christ to the believer. The nature of Jesus Christ, even Christ Himself, is in us.
Jesus prayed to the Father for Him to effect this experience: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: ...that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one (John 17:21-23).
And again, Jesus promised that when He sent them another comforter, they would know that He was abiding in them: At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and
ye in me, and I in you (John 14:20).
Probably the most powerful statement in the scriptures concerning this impartation of Christ is that of Paul himself, when he relates his experience in
Christ to the Galatians: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not
I, but Christ lived in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave himself for me (Gal. 2:20).
Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan
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