All That I Now Am … By Union With Him
Assembled by Arthur J Licursi, with Some Thoughts Taken from, and Some Spurred by, the Writings of Norman Grubb
John 17:20-23 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 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. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 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.
Ephes. 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Ephes. 3:16-20 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
1 Cor. 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Two (2) spirits are now one (1).
Christ is now the Spirit
2 Cor. 3:17a Now the Lord is that Spirit:
1 Cor. 15:45b …the last Adam was made (became) a quickening (life-giving) spirit.
I have a human spirit.
Zech. 12:1 … the Lord, which … formeth the spirit of man within him.
1 John 4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Col. 1:26-27 the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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In Him you and I are…
I am In Him & He is my life
Ephes. 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Col. 3:3-4 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
I am blameless in Christ, Standing In God’s love
Ephes. 1:4 he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
I am A New Creation, by my regenerated spirit that is one with Him
2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
I am Now One Spirit with Him
1 Cor. 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
I am a son of God.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
I am Now of His Family & Household
Ephes. 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
I am not a servant, but a son to express His life in me
Galatians 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
I am a Vessel to Contain Him
2 Cor. 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
I am as a Branch to bear His life
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
I am the temple of the Spirit of God
1 Cor. 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, …
I am a Saint
1 Cor. 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
1 Cor. 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
I am partaker of the Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
I am complete in Him
Col. 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
I am a Priest & King In Him
Rev. 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Being In Christ, I am unreprovable (not able to be criticised) in His sight
Col. 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Ephes. 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, …
I am perfect in Him
Philip. 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
I am as He Is in This World
1 John 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
I am strong in Him
1 John 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word (Christ) of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
I am more than a conqueror
Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
I’m not I, but He in Me
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
I am the world’s light
Matthew 5:14a Ye are the light of the world …