The human nature of Christ is not overcome by His divine
nature (called Eutychianism), nor are
the two natures merged into a new single nature (called Monophysitism). His two
separate, tangible natures work together as the whole person of Jesus Christ (called Hypostatic Union).
The Holy
Spirit gave Jesus life in His mortal body. The Son is the exact representation of God’s glory (Hebrews 1:3; John 17:5). As a man, Jesus
grew in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52); yet, as God, He knew all things (John 21:17).
Though He
was perfectly God, He also learned obedience through the things, which He
suffered (Hebrews 5:8). As Christians, we limit our ability to further the
Kingdom of God in the earth when we fail to fully realize the divine nature of
Christ in us.
We are
still fully human, but Christ in us is fully divine (Galatians 2:20;
Colossians 3:3).
Therefore, Christ in us has the same supernatural ability that Christ had when
He lived on the earth.
Jesus said
that we would do greater things than He did. This occurs, not because we are
better than He is; but because He, in His divine nature, dwells within us (John
14:12). God gives us the
Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that we may better know and obey Him (Ephesians
1:17).
When we come
to the point of exasperation and hopelessness of ever accomplishing anything by
our self-efforts, when we finally realize that life is beyond the realm of our
control, then we enter a life of full surrender to the Lordship of Jesus
Christ.
This
surrendered life yields to the will of God. The surrendered life seeks and
accomplishes only the will of God in and through his/her life, knowing that God
always provides all of our needs according to His glorious riches (Philippians
4:19; Matthew 6:33).
This submitted
life experiences freedom in the divinity of Christ within us, which knows no
natural limits. Jesus is the Word. He is God and He was with God before He was
born in human flesh (John 1:1,14).
Enoch
walked in intimate union with God. One day, God took Him home to Heaven, and
Enoch disappeared from the earth (Genesis 5:24). If he can do it, we can too!
Prayer:
Father
God, there is no true freedom from the cares of this world without the total
surrender of our life to the pursuit of a deeper walk with You. When we do, we
enter a place of quietness of spirit that lifts us up above the plane of
mortality, even though we continue to live in this world.
We realize
that Christ lives within us and He wants to use our body, soul and spirit to
fulfill Your purpose in the earth. He lives His life through our body. He meets
our quotas, makes the sales, motivates our employees, plans our meals, does our
laundry and cares for our children through us. Remind us to decrease so that
Christ may increase within us (John 3:30).
Thought
for the Day:
We put on
a new identity, fashioned to be like God in pure morality and Godliness. -
Ephesians 4:24
