OUR UNION WITH CHRIST - James Jarjou

OUR UNION WITH CHRIST

by James Jarjou

“The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.  Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.” (John 4v19-24).

God is a spirit, HE is everywhere at the same time. HE occupies all space but HE is one in HIMSELF, who cannot be perfectly described, because HE is not limited to anything. He cannot be measured, yet anywhere HE reveals or executes HIS will is a full manifestation of HIMSELF, not in HIS quantity, but in quality.

 He can be measured in quality, but not in quantity for no space can carry HIM, like in a box, for HE is always everywhere and always somewhere.  HE is a spirit that can only be worshipped in Spirit and Truth.

HIS manifestation to HIS creatures, Angelic, departed saints or humans, depends on the realm or dimension the Creature is in. Yet to know HIM, all HIS creation must worship HIM in Spirit and Truth.

God has different names, which are used in the Human language to express HIS diverse qualities. There is an external knowledge of these names in the human language but there is an internal knowledge of the practical reality of the working of these names, within the hearts of men. No one is justified who knows only the external names of God, without a practical internal working of the reality of those names within the heart.

One of the External human name of God is JESUS, but until the mystery and the reality of the practical reality of the Name JESUS, which means to save HIS people from their sins, becomes a practical reality within the heart, in transforming sinful adamic flesh to victorious righteous holy living daily, it means nothing. It is just an empty professing, calling HIM, “Lord, Lord” just to be condemned on the Last day as a worker of iniquity.

The name of the Father must be written and made real in our forehead (the mind of Christ which comes as a result of Union with God ).

God as a spirit desires that, all adamic and angelic race be filled with HIS image in fullness from the beginning. The image is the Holy nature of God, the absence of all that is unlike HIS nature or holiness. It is not the possession of HIS full infinite Knowledge that HE calls us to. There is an inward knowledge through revelation, God uses to communicate to HIS children; this brings in Faith within to possess our possession in HIM.

Every inward revelation has an external human language, which can be used to express the divine language of the spirit in a human way. It is still possible to hear things through inward revelation yet the instrument might lack human language to express them, yet another soul might express them better, by the gift of the spirit.

Some times children of God, ague over things they unknowingly agree on in spirit, but the outward interpretation in the human language of this spiritual truth is what brings the differences.  This does not disqualify the truth that, there is correct human language that can be used to describe internal spiritual Language through the gift of the spirit. The book of revelation is a perfect example of a description of internal spiritual truths through the use of human language or types. 

The Life of Jesus Christ as the Son of God on Earth is the only and perfect pattern that defines, our perfect Union with God. There was the Human part of Christ and also the divinity part, all in HIM in HIS day in Israel. HE was both God and man.  A type and a picture of the full reconciliation of Gods perfect will for fallen men; which is a perfect Union through communion with HIM.  HIS human part is a type of our weak human nature.

HIS human part was not different from any of us because he knew what it meant to be tired, hungry, learn etc., and tempted though without Sin. HE was sinless because HIS human part was submitted to the divine power which was in HIM all though his Life on earth.   HE was called the Son of God, because HIS life was a fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Lesson to Learn About Our Union with God -Using the Life of Jesus Christ on Earth.

The divinity or those qualities, which are God himself were in HIM in his days in Israel, as a prepare a body which HE filled with HIS fullness; yet that body was not able to contain HIM in quantity because though HE was in Israel walking as man yet HE was everywhere, but outside that human body.

A human body is limited, but HE as a spirit is not limited to anything though He can be manifested in all things. The quantity speaks of HIM as the father who is all knowing and everywhere but the quality speak of HIM as the Son who was limited in the body and must learn from the Father, HIS divine unlimited nature which was in HIM . The physical body was not able to contain all HIS quantities to be just limited to one place.

It is amazing that our religious view see JESUS as just a physical person who must be limited by natural laws since HE cannot be everywhere at the same time.  

Our natural mind tells us that a physical body is more real than a spirit , so to say JESUS is a spirit is to reduce HIM,  but this is because of the realm we are speaking of, the in part. The truth remain God is a Spirit and JESUS is God.

Great was the day, when I was helped to see that even the saints in paradise worship JESUS in magnificent glory of unspeakable joy in spirit and truth, not as a limited man sitting somewhere. Is this not the reason that many sinful men sing songs and claim they are worshiping God though they do not know true inward worship in Spirit and Truth but in falsehoods and lies?

 It helps me understand a little that some of the things we divide and separate our selves from are just images the Lord uses to communicate with us, since we are in the body. This brings in humility because when we realize that it is not knowledge but the working of the Truth of Christ in us which justifies us.  It is not HIS quantity but HIS quality we are called in to possess IN FULLNESS.

Looking unto the Life of JESUS in his earthly days as the Son of God make some important point  below:

1.  Jesus as the Son of God who was the fullness of God in all HIS quality in HIS body was not all knowing, that is the human part in HIS body. He has to depend on the father and told us only the father knows the day and the hour of the end of all things. This is a picture showing us that as Sons of God our perfection into the fullness of Christ does not mean we will be all knowing. We must daily depend on the Father as our Guide. We cannot grow to any stage that we will stop learning and leaning upon the Father for guidance. We must be brought to many manifold trials in which we will be tempted to doubt were HE is leading us, yet we must know HE knows what HE is doing. As we grow the more HE will allow us to walk in valleys of many nights of darkness where our only safety is to be still and wait for HIS salvation. We will be tempted to murmur or do things HE never ordered us to do. The Sons of God must learn how to grow and cry “father not my will, understanding, feeling etc but your perfect will be done”.

Even the waiting of the execution of Gods will requires patience whether the will is nice or offensive to our human nature.

Whatsoever God allow HIS Sons to pass through, is working in HIS will and if they will accept it in the good trials of Faith, then it is true worship; and they will know the true peace which passes all understanding as they submit to the will of God.

2. The Fathers is greater than the Son. This reveals our calling and inheritance in Christ. We are called to grow into the fullness of the Son (quality in HIS nature ) but not the father (we can not be equal in HIS quantity , who is all knowing, creator of all  neither can we be  everywhere at the same time ).  This shows that God does not condemn us because  we lacks some of HIS quantities (gifts of the spirit ) but we will be condemned on the last day because we have not HIS quality (HIS holiness  ). Amen.