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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Blood of Jesus
Posted by Dwight at 11:40 AM
From my blog::

I read a really good little talk by Watchman Nee which resonated with the sermon in church today (on Ephesians 5). Or at least what I was thinking about during the sermon.

There is a split in the first 8 chapters of Romans between the use of the word “sins” and “sin” which pretty closely corresponds to the use of “the blood of Jesus” and “the cross”.

The Blood of Jesus takes care of our sins, the cross deals with the power of Sin.

Another good point he made was about Satan (the accuser) who’s favorite tactic is to tell us that we are not good enough to approach God. He points out our sins and says “see, you aren’t in His kingdom.” That only works when we approach God by any other means than the blood of Jesus. When we think that there is something good in us that allows us to approach God and talk to Him.

But there isn’t… We are only able to approach God because of the Blood of Jesus.

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Friday, February 02, 2007
Perplexity and a Prepositional Phrase
Posted by Jackson at 10:16 AM
Okay, so in the comments about the whole "eternity" thing, Nick brought up a verse with a phrase that puzzles me. Galatians 2:20 - "Christ lives in me." There are a whole lot of ways in which we speak about things being "in" other things, both literally and figuratively, both in terms of spatial orientation to each other and in senses that are more metaphysical or by analogy. The Greek here is "en emoi." I have a vague idea of what it might mean that Christ lives in me, but I want to try and clarify my concept. What do you all think that Paul means by this? In what sense does Christ live in us now?
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  Comment by Blogger Jared at 5:15 PM, February 11, 2007
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  Comment by Blogger Jared at 5:17 PM, February 11, 2007
Paul wrote to the Romans (8:9): "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ."

I have an idea, Jackson.
Saying "Christ lives in me" seems a more specific way of saying "I have the Holy Spirit."
When you say, "I have the Holy Spirit," you're saying that God is in you.
When you say, "Christ lives in me," you're saying that God lives in you and has you functioning as a christ to the world--pouring yourself out so others can live.

It's a start at least; I'm not conclusively satisfied with this.
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  Comment by Blogger Jackson at 1:46 PM, February 22, 2007
Hey, Jared. just wanted to say thanks for sharing your thoughts. they're helpful, and I think they're getting me thinking in the right direction about this.
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