9 You masters, act on the same [principle] toward them and give up threatening and using violent and abusive words, knowing that He Who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no respect of persons (no partiality) with Him.
10 In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].
A branch cannot help but gain its strength from the vine. An arm cannot help but to gain its strength from the head. We are one with Jesus and our strength is God Almighty's strength. What makes Jesus makes us, we are perfectly united and one with Him. Everything that He is, so are we, even in this world. Everything that Jesus has, so do we. There is no separation at all between us. The two of us have become one flesh.
The Holy Spirit will not just let us read this. He will cause us to stop and actually be empowered by His might to understand exactly what we are being told here. We are as strong as Jesus, because we are one with Jesus. When we think of Jesus and God, we believe that the Two are One, and the Truth that sets us free is that so are we. Many will tell me that Jesus did what He did because He was God, the Word of Jesus tells us that so are we. There is no difference between Jesus and us, as He is, so are we in this world, 1 John 4:17. We have been born of the same Holy Spirit. We have been grafted into Him, quickened and made alive by the same Spirit and the two of us are now one flesh.
Jesus was Jesus only because our Father made Him that way. Jesus did no works to be Jesus, He was just born and the same power has made us one with Himself. Faith comes from hearing the Truth that sets us free.
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