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Personal connection with other believers cannot be replaced by the mass media. It is much more satisfying to have a deep spiritual relationship with ten believers than to be in a crowd of ten thousand. Every individual is important to God, and His plan involves each one in a very real way. There are things that are important to God that can only take place in close personal relationships.

The goal of God is to build a family of His children together in love, walking in truth. Personal submission and obedience to Christ will bring conformity of each member to Christ, and a growing expression of the nature of God in a local gathering. The testimony going out to the world around will be as a “light set on a hill that cannot be hidden” and “the pillar and ground of the truth.”

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43 Forming Christ in us

Sep 15, 2016

Episode 43 Forming Christ in us


This is David Sheats on Anchor of Truth. Paul told the Galatians that he was in labor until “Christ was formed in them.” What does it mean for Christ to be formed in us? How does this take place? When we first come to the Lord as our Savior, is Christ now “formed in us”? In the gospel that is popular in our time, the message is often presented as “receive Christ into your heart.” Upon responding, believers are then told that now “Christ dwells within them” and the main work of saving us is done. We are encouraged to testify to others what God has done for us and encourage them to “receive Jesus” into their heart. Today we want to examine this thought in light of the scriptures, especially focusing on the place of obedience in the life of the believer.


• The emphasis in scripture is on receiving the Holy Spirit (not Jesus)
o Receiving Jesus was being open to hear Him (John 1:12)
o Jesus comes to us in the indwelling of the Spirit (John 14-16)
o Christ dwells in us as we abide in Him and move in faith (Eph. 3:14-19)j
• The formation of Christ (His character) is accomplished through obedience
o The “engrafted word” (James 1:21,22)
o The “Word” is to be made flesh in us (John 1:14)
• Our love for God is revealed through obedience (John 14:23)
• Our lives are established in obedience (Matt. 7:24-27)
• Obedience results in a practical and visible expression of God in this world
• The ability to obey comes from the indwelling Holy Spirit (God)
• All Obedience is “unto God”
• Obedience is to the step God puts before me (walking in the light)

http://www.ntchurchsource.com/literature/read/the-discipline-of-obedience/


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