Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in (into) him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
The preposition “into” shows how God becomes our source when we believe.
This preposition even shows us the meaning of becoming a Christian.
Based on John 3:16, our understanding of becoming a Christian is “whoever believes in Him.”
And many times, because of the way the gospel is presented, it issues in a kind of believing in Christ, but it is still objective: “Yes, I believe that story.”
And people do get saved, but they are left with a deficiency in their realization.
The words that the Lord spoke in John 3:16 were according to the divine economy of God’s operating from within man.
Thus, He did not say “whoever believes in Him.”
He used the preposition into: “whoever believes into Him should not perish but have eternal life.”
This means that I move from being outside this Person into this Person.
Paul also uses the preposition into when telling the Roman believers about their baptism: “Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus . . .” (Rom. 6:3).
The very words “into Christ Jesus” show us that from the beginning we have merged and become one spirit with another Person, another life, another source.
The preposition “in” reveals that I am in Christ.
That is my position.
My position is in Christ.
And then Colossians says, “Christ in you.”
That is His position.
His position is in me.
I have a position, and He has a position.
Many times we say, “Thank You, Lord, I am in You. I am outside the reach of condemnation. You are my righteousness.”
And we rejoice.
But we also need the other side–Christ in you.
That is His position.
He is saying to us, “How am I in here? Are you letting Me live in here? Do I have freedom in here?”
This is His position.
We are in Christ, and Christ is in us.
We have a position in Him.
He has a position in us.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
FRIDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
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Daniel Cooper – Home
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Linda Alexander
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Darlene Thaxton
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John Austin
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Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
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Rose Fuller
Scott Nix
Terrell Loyd
Tom Witcher
James Garner’s Friend
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Lonzo Christin
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Larry Barker
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Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier
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