14 To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit.
Jesus came so that we could have exactly what He has, the full power of the Holy Spirit eternally dwelling within us, John 14:26. The power of God that made and makes Jesus Lord, the Holy Spirit, is eternally our as well. This means that we are now one with God just as Jesus is one with Him, John 17:19-22. There are no works that bring Jesus closer to God, because He is One with God, and this is what Jesus came to give us. Jesus was chosen by God to be Lord. He did no works to earn it, Jesus was just born the Lord. The glorious Truth for us is that we are now one with Jesus, Who is Lord, Ephesians 5:30. Jesus has given us the Holy Spirit, just as He has the Holy Spirit and now we are and forevermore one with God. No works can bring us closer to being one with God, because we are already one with Him.
Think of it like this, can your arm do works that make it closer to your head? Or, did your arm do works to become one with your head? Your arm was just born as one with your head and this is how we now are in Christ. Your arm will do works, it will work because it is one with your head. Your head will direct and empower your arm to do what it wills. Your arm has no free will of its own. This is the end that Jesus came to give us. Jesus is not working to be One with God. Jesus is not working or keeping Laws to become closer to God. Jesus is not keeping Saturday's Holy. Jesus doesn’t have to not make idols to keep His unity with our Father and He doesn’t have to watch out and not lie to keep on being One with God. You may be thinking that Jesus doesn’t have to do or not do these things because He is not a man, He is God. That sounds Biblical doesn’t it, but what does the Bible actually have to say about it?
We are new creatures in Christ, old things have passed away, and now all things are new for us, 2 Corinthians 5:17. The Bible tells us that as Jesus is, so are we in this world, 1 John 4:17. Our Father has Paul write that we are crucified with Christ, yet nevertheless we live, yet it is not us who live, it is Christ in us Who lives, Galatians 2:20. The Truth is that we are dead and our life’s are now hid with Christ, Colossians 3:3. Jesus also declared that we would be one with God, just as He is One with God, John 17:21-23. So if you are all about works and direct your attention towards what you have to do to show that you love Jesus, your end is destruction! This type of thinking is anti-christ, it is carnal and it comes from a carnal mind with carnal thoughts and it is against our Father, and it in no way pleases Him, Romans 8:6.
Our Father’s Law for us who are in Christ is liberty and freedom, Galatians 2:4. It is a Law that tells us that it is all Christ within us. It tells us that we are one with Him and we are always working together as one. The Law of Christ is that we are no longer alone, we cannot do anything on our own, because we are now part of the Body of Christ. If someone tells you that you have a part to play on your own, or that we are required to do something on our own, that is anti-christ! It is a lie and it is destruction, Galatians 3:10. The glory that we have in Christ goes so far beyond keeping Laws, it goes into being one with God. Everything that Jesus is and everything that He has, we are now one with.
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