Our Unbreakable Union with Christ
Our union with Christ is a LIVING UNION so we may bear fruit. Jesus is the Vine and we are the branches. We abide in HIM. Believers abide in Jesus. Unbelievers do not. To abide means to not depart, to remain as one. it is all about your new creation, not your performance or behavior. it has a sense of permanent residency. Our union with Christ is a LOVING UNION so we can enjoy HIM. Christianity is not just limited to Sunday mornings. It is about enjoying Jesus in us. It is 24/7, 365. As the Father has loved Jesus, so He has loved us. The Father also loves us as He loves Jesus. The new covenant is all about God's love for us. Our union with Christ is a LASTING UNION so we do not have to be afraid. 1 John 4:17-18 God joined us to Jesus. Whom God joined to Jesus, no man can separate. Jesus Christ will never divorce you. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. Not even our own sins because through His death, and resurrection we got joined to Him. We were raised together with Jesus in Ephesians 5. Our union with Jesus is unbreakable and irreversible because there is nothing more powerful than the resurrection of Jesus and because His resurrection is irreversible. Only something greater than the love of Christ can separate us from the love of Christ and there is NONE! "Our union with Christ is a living union, so we may bear fruit; a loving union, so that we may enjoy Him; and a lasting union, so that we need not be afraid." -Pastor Wiersbe Message by: Pastor Jun Yu, January 10, 2016, Sunday Service