Christ Is Our Life

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Christ Is Our Life
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Christ Is Our Life --Purpose

• It is the eternal purpose of God
• We are the testimony
• In the fullness of time, to gather together in
  one all things in Christ
• Types illustrated in the Bible
• Pentecost
• The Book of Jonah

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Christ Is Our Life --Purpose

• A subjective experience of believers
• a) The Way and The Truth Objective facts
• b) The Life Life-long enjoyment and
  experience of believers

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Christ is our life The Foundation Christs
being and His work

• The resurrected Christ is the Rock and Foundation
  of the Church
• Christ is
• a) The Fount of all blessings
• b) The Lord who gives life

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Christ is our life The fulfillment

• 1. Union with Christ
• 2. Receive the adoption as sons Sonship
• 3. Appear with Him in glory

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Christ is our life Experience Allowing the
peace of God to rule in our hearts (1) 

• Experience in our life Peace to rule
• Work of the Holy Spirit Teaching of the
  anointing
• This peace manifested in the life
• Experience of Paul

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Christ is our life Experience Allowing the
peace of God to rule in our hearts (1)

• Reality of the life Not committing sin/the
  judgment of right and wrong
• Three matters that need attention
• a) Having His Word in the heart
• b) Beware of agitated feelings in the heart
• c) Learning to wait upon the Lord

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Christ is our life Experience Allowing the
peace of God to rule in our hearts (2)

• This experience not only for the benefit of the
  individual but even more so corporately
• Signposts of maturity of the Church
• a) When the numbers of the saved are full
• b) When the fullness of Christ becomes the
  fullness of the Church

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Christ is our life Experience Allowing the
peace of God to rule in our hearts (3)

• A kingly life
• The desire of the Lord for us to have glory in
  the Kingdom
• Learning to be king to submit to authority
• Examples of discipleship
• Examples gained in the miracle of the five loaves
  and two fishes
• Lesson learnt by Peter in fishing