DAY 3 “Living in
Union”
Today we continue our study on Born to Reproduce and continuing in the section titled
“Hindrances”, (book, pages 11-13; online
document, it is the last part of the first column and most of the second on
page 1).
Dawson says: “Only a few things will ever keep human
beings from multiplying themselves in the physical realm. If a couple is not
united, they will not reproduce. This is a truth which Christians need to grasp
with reference to spiritual reproduction.
When a person becomes a child of God, he should realize that he is to live in union with Jesus Christ if he
is going to win others to the Savior.”* (emphasis mine)
“To live in union”. The Merriam – Webster dictionary defines
‘union’ as “an act or instance of uniting or joining two or more things into
one”, and ‘live’, among other ways, like this:
·
to be alive
·
to be located
·
to attain
eternal life (yes folks, that’s in the dictionary!)
·
to have life rich in experience
·
to exhibit vigor, gusto, or enthusiasm in
·
to
experience firsthand
·
to be thoroughly absorbed by (1)
So then, may we consider “to live in union with Jesus Christ”
like this?
·
to be alive, joined as one with Christ
·
to be located, solely in Christ
·
to have life
rich in experience as one with Christ
·
to exhibit vigor, gusto, or enthusiasm in Christ
·
to
experience Christ firsthand
·
to be thoroughly absorbed by Christ
Questions:
Do any of these express your relationship with Jesus? Do you wish it did? What might you do to make it so?
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(1)http:// merriam-webster.com
All Scripture is taken from the NIV, 1984 edition, unless
otherwise noted.
Quotes marked with an asterisk (*) are taken from :
Trotman, Dawson. Born to Reproduce. Colorado Springs:
NavPress, 2008. Print.Trotman, Dawson. Born
to Reproduce. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2008. Print.
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