BEATS FROM YOUR PASTOR’S HEART
Philippians 1:8, “For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.”
When the divine life enters into us, it comes into us with a definite consciousness.
In fact, because the life of God is the highest form of life, it has the highest consciousness.
God’s life is exceedingly rich in consciousness and feeling.
If animal life and human life have consciousness, how much more does the divine life!
Because the divine life is a Person in us and not merely an impersonal substance, we begin to experience the rich feelings of God.
His love, His joy, His peace, and His compassions stir us from deep within.
In the verse above, the apostle Paul clearly depicts these stirrings.
With Paul, those “inward parts of Jesus Christ” were the compassions and affections of Christ that he experienced as a life-consciousness within him.
Paul was indwelt with Christ as his life (Col. 3:4), and by his own personal experience he knew the rich feelings of Christ that came from His indwelling life.
Not only did Paul have this life-consciousness, but every born-again believer has such a consciousness as well.
Romans 8:10 declares, “And if Christ is in you . . . the spirit is life”.
First Corinthians 15:45 says, “The last Adam [Christ] became a life-giving Spirit”; and 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.”
This means that Christ as the life-giving Spirit now dwells in our regenerated human spirit, making our spirit life.
The life-consciousness within us is located in our mingled spirit.
Our spirit is the source from which every kind of life-consciousness flows into our being.
Until Tomorrow! With A Shepherd’s Love, Pastor
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Charlene Palmer
Ed Mays
Dan Haines
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Dr. Don Davis
Easton Fielder
Ellen Boyd
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George/Linda Alexander
James Burnette
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Jim Mabe
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Joel Bateman
John Austin
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Michael Stanley
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Tom Witcher
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Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
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Larry Barker
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Mary Sims
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Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
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