Our Formation In Christ | Part 5

In order for us to walk in fulfilment, we need to walk in Christ. God has called us to live in the grace of Christ which firstly means that we need to live in the grace which Christ lived in, living in the way which He lived, saying what He said, and doing what He did. Secondly, we need to live with the grace which He supplies. Living for him, living with his resurrection life and power, requires from us the price of dying to the self and living responsibly. Our will must die and be replaced by his will. Becoming a disciple of Jesus means being willing to go through a painful, inconvenient process of death. There is no short-cut, you cannot circumvent the process of walking with God, going to church, praying, studying the Word, co-operating with the Holy Spirit regarding your personal sanctification, and being a witness for Christ. To have Christ formed in us, we need to be ‘Christ inside’ minded and there must be a divine-human co-operation where we start working out that which He has put in us, by the empowering, enabling grace of God through the Holy Spirit. In 2024 we need to develop a closer and ever deepening walk with the Holy Spirit so that everything might be fulfilled. He is the one who was sent to be with, and in us, our helper and guide to truth, as well as future things. To take us into the things of Christ, is the whole design and eternal purpose of the Holy Spirit. He persuades us of our standing in Christ by faith through grace. We have been fore-known and predestined to be conformed to the glory of the image of God’s Son, who is the first-born amongst many brethren. We have already been qualified by God unto this destiny. When He looks at us, He sees the finished product. Becoming mature in Christ is not only God’s eternal purpose, but also his present on-going work and ministry in us, shaping and changing us. In conclusion, we need to understand that it is union with Christ, we need to be putting on Christ, we need to be identified with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection, following after him in obedient love and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit. Our co-operation with the Holy Spirit means that we are sowing to the Spirit and thus will reap greater power from the spiritual realm.