Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Ephesians 5:31-33


31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

32 This mystery is very great, but I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ and the church.

We are one flesh with Jesus, one flesh, not just one spirit, but one flesh. Our flesh is Jesus’ flesh. Our flesh is one with Jesus’ flesh. As Jesus’ flesh is, so is our flesh in this world. Too many think that our flesh is evil, that our flesh is separate, but the Truth is that we are Jesus’ flesh, we are His Body. Apart from Christ we are nothing but sin, but in Christ we are as He is and we are one flesh. You may say, but our flesh can die? It can die, but not one second before our Lord, our Head, our Vine, our Shepherd, Who alone holds the keys of death, Revelation 1:18, tells it to. 

Jesus’ flesh was crucified, but it did not die until He gave up the ghost, the ghost was not taken from Him, Mark 15:37. Jesus’ flesh laid dead in a grave for 2 1/2 days. Jesus’ flesh was raised up from the dead and eleven days after it was, He was having people place their hands in His open wounds, John 20:27. Jesus’ flesh changed its form, Mark 9 & Luke 24. Jesus’ flesh now lives without requiring blood and oxygen, it lives only by the power of the Holy Spirit and we are now one flesh with Him.

Do you see the power in this Truth? In Christ we are victorious as He is victorious, we enjoy and are one with everything that Jesus is and everything that He has. Jesus saved our whole person, our whole spirit, soul, and body are preserved blameless until He returns.

And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). 1 Thessalonians 5:23

Don’t ever be fooled by the false teaching that our flesh is not part of the deal. Jesus’ sacrifice was far more then enough to take care of the shortcomings of our flesh. 

33 However, let each man of you [without exception] love his wife as [being in a sense] his very own self; and let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband [that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, venerates, and esteems him; and that she defers to him, praises him, and loves and admires him exceedingly]. [I Pet. 3:2.]

In Christ all things are achieved and come to their completion!

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