Grace - Totally Forgiven, Totally United, Totally Filled, Part 2

Totally Forgiven, Totally United, Totally Filled, Part 2

by Ryan Rufus

Totally United With Christ

 

"If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection."  (Romans 6:5 NIV)

 

"And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus."  (Ephesians 2:6 NIV)

 

"But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit."  (1 Cor. 6:17 NIV)

 

This is one of the most profound revelations that you will ever have.  Your spirit has been fully united with Christ.  That means that you are united with Christ in His death, in His burial, in His resurrection, in His ascension and in being seated on the throne at the right hand of the Father.

 

Everything that happened to Jesus also happened to you.  You receive the benefits of it all, yet without having to physically go through it.  He hung on the Cross in our place.  He took all our sins and sicknesses and the full weight of the judgment and wrath of God.  Thank God we didn't have to face that judgment!  Jesus faced that for us so we will never have to!

 

If God has already punished Christ for your sins, He cannot then punish you for those same sins!  Some people preach as though God is going to punish you for your sins.  Some will preach that God has made you sick because He is punishing you for your sins.  If that were the case, then God is dishonoring the Cross.  The Bible says that Jesus was punished for all of our sins.  God will never, ever punish you with sickness because of sin in your life.

 

Some of you reading this are sick and think it is God punishing you for your sin.  You need to get free right now in Jesus Name!  You need to challenge that lie that is from the pit of Hell and reject it.  You have been forgiven of all your sin, therefore it is impossible that God has afflicted you because of sin.  Challenge that lie and receive your healing right now!

 

You died with Christ, you were buried with Christ, and you were raised to new life in Christ.  You used to be dead to God, but then God raised you up in new creation life in Christ.  The life of Christ is now your life.  You were born again!  All people are born naturally of water (flesh), but as a believer, you have been supernaturally born of the spirit by the Holy Spirit, who made you alive with Christ.

 

"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ…"  (Ephesians 2:4-5 NIV)

 

Do you know where you are seated right now in the spiritual realms?  On the throne with Christ!  You are a co-heir with Christ and joined to Him.  That is greater than any of us realize.  That is so powerful and extremely profound.  You are seated with Christ and reigning together with Christ!

 

Do you know that when you experienced the miracle of rebirth through faith in Christ, your spirit was united with Christ in His death, burial, resurrection, and glorification?  Do you know that once that has happened to you, it can never be undone?  Do you know what that means?  It means that you can never lose your salvation! Why?  Because Christ is your life.  In order for you to lose your salvation, you would have to spiritually die again.  But it is impossible for you to spiritually die, because you are united with Christ and His life is now your life.  That is our eternal guarantee!  He will never die again!  He has an indestructible life.  He is our High Priest in the order of Melchizedek, and He ever lives to intercede for us.  And because we are united with Him, that means we can never die again!  If you can never die again then you can never lose your salvation!

 

"But because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.  Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them."  (Hebrews 7:24-25)

 

I have looked at many of the scriptures that seem to imply that you can lose your salvation, but when those scriptures are read in their proper context, they actually only reinforce the fact that you can't lose your salvation!  People have taken those scriptures and used them to try and put illegitimate fear into Christians to motivate them to live a certain way for God.  But that's not true New Covenant motivation of faith, love, and hope in the Spirit.  Rather, it's that Old Covenant manipulative motivation of blessings and curse.  I don't resist sin because I'm scared of God's judgment or losing my salvation.  I resist sin because I love God and His nature is inside of me.  I don't serve God because I'm scared of what will happen if I don't, or because I want to get some blessing.  I serve Him because my spirit has been awakened to Him and my spirit if full of His passion, love, and purpose.

 

Don't ever be manipulated to serve God.  You don't need to be manipulated to serve God!  Your spirit wants to serve God!  It's been united with Christ.  You have all of His life inside of you!  If you are a leader, you don't need to manipulate Christians into serving God with clever techniques.  You don't need to make Christians fearful in order to motivate them to do things for God, or promise them special blessings.  No!  Teach them about what has happened inside of them.  Show them their new nature and what God has done in their spirit and watch those Christians come alive.  You won't be able to stop them from serving God!