The Christ Who Lives in Us — Part 1
Jesus had to be who He was. So, who was He?
The Christ Who Lives in Us — Part 1
“He Had To Be Who He Was”
Recently, during our evening Bible study, we were discussing what it means to have Christ in us. Earlier, I came across this thought-provoking quote from Major Ian Thomas:
“He had to be who He was in order to do what He did. He had to do what He did in order that you might have what He is. We must have what He is, in order to be what He was.”
It’s not an easy quote to grasp. I have had to read through it several times, and I still have to go back to it again and again. But when it finally sinks in, I can assure you that it is worth the effort. So, over the next four days, I’m going to break this down and explain what Major Thomas is saying.
The first line is pretty clear. Jesus had to be who He was. So, who was He? No passage of Scripture does a better job of telling us who Jesus is than Colossians 1.
Colossians 1:15-18
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.”
Who is He? He is the visible image of God, and He is above all creation. He has first place in everything, and all things exist through Him and for Him.
Let that truth sink in for a while, and I’ll meet you back here tomorrow morning as we consider the second line of Major Thomas’s statement.
Think about this for tomorrow: If Jesus had to be who He was in order to do what He did, what exactly did He do that no one else could do? We’ll look at that next.
