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The Daily Word of Righteousness
From Justification to Glorification, #10
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. (John 17:21-23)
We arrive at the fullness of God as we keep the words of Christ, treasuring them, meditating on them, continually confessing our shortcomings and seeking to obey the admonitions of the Scriptures as God sends help to us from the Most Holy Place in the heavenlies.
It is one matter to have Christ formed in us. A second consideration is that of the Father and Christ through the Holy Spirit dwelling in our transformed inner nature.
Absolute oneness with God through Christ. Yet a third subject of concern is our full reconciliation, cooperation, compliance, and joy in flowing with the will of God. The greatest rest, the greatest joy, and the greatest peace come to us when our total desire is in complete, perfect harmony with the total desire of God; when everything found in us is found in God and nothing found in us is not found in God.
Union with God through Christ is much the same concept as being filled with the fullness of God, except that by considering union separately we are stressing our voluntary reconciliation to God's Person, thoughts, desires, ways, and objectives.
Here is the desired objective—complete, perfect oneness with God through Christ, total joy, total rest, total love.
We must learn to live by Christ as He lives by the Father. As we eat His flesh and drink His blood there is a change of life force within us. We pass from natural life to life lived in the Presence and will of God. This is true eternal life and greatly to be desired. It is as high above the adamic animal life as the heavens are high above the earth.
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. (John 6:57)
We have entered fully into the following:
Deliverance from sin.
Change.
Being filled with the fullness of God.
Complete oneness with God through Christ.
Now we are prepared for glorification at the side of, together with, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Glorification
The Lord Jesus Christ always is glorified together with the Father. As the Father is glorified (lifted up in glory and preeminence) the Lord Jesus is glorified.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self [together with Yourself; in Your Presence] with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. (John 17:5)
It is the Lord's will that His Church be glorified together with Him, in His Presence, just as Christ is glorified together with the Father.
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: (John 17:22)
To be continued.