Bible Study Joined to Christ.

[JLB]

Individual members of the Church are one with Christ.


But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:17


Each person has a relationship with the Lord.


No one has to be a member of the Roman Catholic Church, or the Baptist Church or the Reformed Church to be one with Christ.

 

[Beetow]

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Re: Joined to Christ.

Some years ago, a Jewish man asked me a question similar to the one below:

" So Jesus died for your sins up to the point where you became a believer? Well;
what about your new sins, i.e. the ones you commit after believing? "

I appreciated the question because in his religion, Jews are never really off the
hook.

That's because Yom Kippur (when it's done properly) addresses only one year's sins
and no more than one year, i.e. it's only applicable to the past, never to the future,
viz: as soon as the annual ritual was completed, the Jews immediately began
accumulating sins towards the next Yom Kippur resulting in a do-over of the same
ritual all over again; year after year after year ad infinitum, viz: Yom Kippur
addresses only that part of a Jew's life that they've lived up to that point; never to
the part of their life that they haven't lived yet. In other words: it addresses a
portion of their life instead of their entire life from start to finish.

In contrast: the past, present, and future of folks unified with Christ is addressed
by Isa 53:6 because God, in some mysterious way that I've yet to fully understand,
accounts them joint principals in His son's crucifixion.

● Rom 6:3 . . Don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death?

● Rom 6:6 . . Knowing this: that our old man is crucified with him

● Col 3:3 . . For you died, and your life is now concealed with Christ in God.

NOTE: The word "concealed" is relative to old covenant atonements that provided
Jews with a liturgical means for covering their sins; in effect obscuring them from
view. Those atonements were far from ideal, whereas Christ's is the cat's meow.
(Heb 10:14-18)
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[JLB]

NOTE: The word "concealed" is relative to old covenant atonements that provided
Jews with a liturgical means for covering their sins; in effect obscuring them from
view. Those atonements were far from ideal, whereas Christ's is the cat's meow.
(Heb 10:14-18)

Amen.

 

[Hopeful 2]

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Re: Joined to Christ.

Some years ago, a Jewish man asked me a question similar to the one below:

" So Jesus died for your sins up to the point where you became a believer? Well;
what about your new sins, i.e. the ones you commit after believing? "
I appreciated the question because in his religion, Jews are never really off the
hook.

That is probably why he asked about future sins.
He was not aware of a true repentance's effect on reborn children of God.

That's because Yom Kippur (when it's done properly) addresses only one year's sins
and no more than one year, i.e. it's only applicable to the past, never to the future,
viz: as soon as the annual ritual was completed, the Jews immediately began
accumulating sins towards the next Yom Kippur resulting in a do-over of the same
ritual all over again; year after year after year ad infinitum, viz: Yom Kippur
addresses only that part of a Jew's life that they've lived up to that point; never to
the part of their life that they haven't lived yet. In other words: it addresses a
portion of their life instead of their entire life from start to finish.

In contrast: the past, present, and future of folks unified with Christ is addressed
by Isa 53:6 because God, in some mysterious way that I've yet to fully understand,
accounts them joint principals in His son's crucifixion.

● Rom 6:3 . . Don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death?

● Rom 6:6 . . Knowing this: that our old man is crucified with him

● Col 3:3 . . For you died, and your life is now concealed with Christ in God.

NOTE: The word "concealed" is relative to old covenant atonements that provided
Jews with a liturgical means for covering their sins; in effect obscuring them from
view. Those atonements were far from ideal, whereas Christ's is the cat's meow.
(Heb 10:14-18)

Thank God for the efficacy of our immersion into Christ and His death, burial, and resurrection, at baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of past sins !