| THE LANGUAGE OF CHRISTIANITY VERSUS THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHRIST |
| CONCLUSION |
A Facebook friend stated the unveiling of Christ in us completes our every
expectation and because of this awesome truth their remains nothing for us to strive
for—only awaken to. Paul in Galatians 1:16 says that it pleased God as he was
called that His Son was revealed in him not to him. We have always placed God
our there and soon coming rather than in us and already here. It seems there is a
shift of trying to get God in and realizing He is already in us and we must get him
out—we must reflect Him through us (John 14:20).
John writes fully aware that the image of God's thoughts would be presented and
made visible to His creation by Christ. In realizing that God was in Christ we must
also realize that because of Christ or through Christ God placed this same Word
made flesh in us. It is amazing to realize we have the heart of God in us. We are
purposed to be the image of God in flesh, a picture of the heart of our Creator—
which exemplifies the expression of “Let us make man in our image, according to
our likeness”. Jesus demonstrated a full realization of son-ship. One translation
phrases “...we beheld His glory as the only begotten of the Father full of grace and
truth” (John 1:14) as the Word took up residence in flesh we gazed with wonder
and amazement upon the mystery of our inclusion in Him. We crave to see the
original opinion or mind of God and now the mind of God is revealed or pictured in
Christ. He is the revelation of our destination.
He is our elder brother who will lovingly and accurately interpret the invisible God
within us (Eph 4:13). This was His promise to us in that if he did not go the other
comforter could not be sent (John 16:7). God sets the portrait of Himself in the Son
to give us a picture of who He is and who we are in Him. The life of God was
expressed in the Son and this very life finds fellowship in us because of His
Fatherhood. The purpose of the Christ is to bring into full view the image of our
Father (John 1:18) in that the Logos being His heart, mind, and, reasoning was
placed in flesh for full view as Jesus who became the Christ walking in full example
of the title of the Anointed One.
Lincoln Brewster, in his song “By the Power of your Name” says, “...and I will live to
carry your compassion to love a world that's broken, to be your hands and feet. And
I will give with the life that I've been given and go beyond religion to see the world
be changed by the power of your name”. Is it not awesome to drop rules rituals and
statements of faith about Christ and become the Christ—be the anointed ones that
God intended us to be? Revealing the Christ in part is realizing that in Jesus God
place his heart and his image and and at the same time the Christ in us us also a
reflection or blueprint of our original design—our picture of son-ship—a picture of
our restoration and what we are to become. We are to be a visible representation of
the Kingdom of God—even if its a one on one basis. The unveiling of Christ
completes our every expectation and leaves nothing to strive for but only awaken to.
The Gospel is the revealing of the mystery of the ages, the treasure of God in
earthen vessels (2 Cor 4:7). The Christ of God in you. Below is Francois du Toit's
version of Galatians 1:12-16 from his Mirror Translation.
Gal 1:12 This message is not the product of religious invention; my source of
reference is the unveiled mystery of Christ in me.
Gal 1:13 Everyone knows what a zealous Jew I was when I savagely
persecuted God’s church.
Gal 1:14 And how I progressed in the Jewish faith beyond many of my peers
in my excessive eagerness to preserve the traditions of my ancestors.
Gal 1:15 God's eternal love dream (eudokeo: His beautiful intention)
separated me from my mother's womb; (my natural lineage and
identity) ; His grace became my identity. (Gr. kaleo, to surname, to
summon by name)
Gal 1:16 This is the heart of the gospel I proclaim; it began with an unveiling
of Christ in me, freeing me to announce Him in mankind (including
the masses of humanity that were not even Jews by birth.) I felt no
immediate urgency to compare notes with other people's opinions.
Gal 1:17 This is radical! I deliberately distanced myself from Jerusalem and
the disciples of Jesus. I landed up in Arabia before I returned again
to Damascus. (The weight of this revelation left me no choice;
instead of finding out more about Christ in history, I desire to
discover Him ever more in myself! See also 2 Cor.5:16)
Gal 1:17 details Paul's purpose of uncovering the Christ in him instead of
searching and reliving the actions of the Jesus of history. The unveiling of Christ
completes our every expectation and leaves nothing to strive for—only awaken to.
Just as we see God in the Christ, Christ also images what we are to be—in our
restoration. Du Toit says “Jesus is what God believes about you”.
expectation and because of this awesome truth their remains nothing for us to strive
for—only awaken to. Paul in Galatians 1:16 says that it pleased God as he was
called that His Son was revealed in him not to him. We have always placed God
our there and soon coming rather than in us and already here. It seems there is a
shift of trying to get God in and realizing He is already in us and we must get him
out—we must reflect Him through us (John 14:20).
John writes fully aware that the image of God's thoughts would be presented and
made visible to His creation by Christ. In realizing that God was in Christ we must
also realize that because of Christ or through Christ God placed this same Word
made flesh in us. It is amazing to realize we have the heart of God in us. We are
purposed to be the image of God in flesh, a picture of the heart of our Creator—
which exemplifies the expression of “Let us make man in our image, according to
our likeness”. Jesus demonstrated a full realization of son-ship. One translation
phrases “...we beheld His glory as the only begotten of the Father full of grace and
truth” (John 1:14) as the Word took up residence in flesh we gazed with wonder
and amazement upon the mystery of our inclusion in Him. We crave to see the
original opinion or mind of God and now the mind of God is revealed or pictured in
Christ. He is the revelation of our destination.
He is our elder brother who will lovingly and accurately interpret the invisible God
within us (Eph 4:13). This was His promise to us in that if he did not go the other
comforter could not be sent (John 16:7). God sets the portrait of Himself in the Son
to give us a picture of who He is and who we are in Him. The life of God was
expressed in the Son and this very life finds fellowship in us because of His
Fatherhood. The purpose of the Christ is to bring into full view the image of our
Father (John 1:18) in that the Logos being His heart, mind, and, reasoning was
placed in flesh for full view as Jesus who became the Christ walking in full example
of the title of the Anointed One.
Lincoln Brewster, in his song “By the Power of your Name” says, “...and I will live to
carry your compassion to love a world that's broken, to be your hands and feet. And
I will give with the life that I've been given and go beyond religion to see the world
be changed by the power of your name”. Is it not awesome to drop rules rituals and
statements of faith about Christ and become the Christ—be the anointed ones that
God intended us to be? Revealing the Christ in part is realizing that in Jesus God
place his heart and his image and and at the same time the Christ in us us also a
reflection or blueprint of our original design—our picture of son-ship—a picture of
our restoration and what we are to become. We are to be a visible representation of
the Kingdom of God—even if its a one on one basis. The unveiling of Christ
completes our every expectation and leaves nothing to strive for but only awaken to.
The Gospel is the revealing of the mystery of the ages, the treasure of God in
earthen vessels (2 Cor 4:7). The Christ of God in you. Below is Francois du Toit's
version of Galatians 1:12-16 from his Mirror Translation.
Gal 1:12 This message is not the product of religious invention; my source of
reference is the unveiled mystery of Christ in me.
Gal 1:13 Everyone knows what a zealous Jew I was when I savagely
persecuted God’s church.
Gal 1:14 And how I progressed in the Jewish faith beyond many of my peers
in my excessive eagerness to preserve the traditions of my ancestors.
Gal 1:15 God's eternal love dream (eudokeo: His beautiful intention)
separated me from my mother's womb; (my natural lineage and
identity) ; His grace became my identity. (Gr. kaleo, to surname, to
summon by name)
Gal 1:16 This is the heart of the gospel I proclaim; it began with an unveiling
of Christ in me, freeing me to announce Him in mankind (including
the masses of humanity that were not even Jews by birth.) I felt no
immediate urgency to compare notes with other people's opinions.
Gal 1:17 This is radical! I deliberately distanced myself from Jerusalem and
the disciples of Jesus. I landed up in Arabia before I returned again
to Damascus. (The weight of this revelation left me no choice;
instead of finding out more about Christ in history, I desire to
discover Him ever more in myself! See also 2 Cor.5:16)
Gal 1:17 details Paul's purpose of uncovering the Christ in him instead of
searching and reliving the actions of the Jesus of history. The unveiling of Christ
completes our every expectation and leaves nothing to strive for—only awaken to.
Just as we see God in the Christ, Christ also images what we are to be—in our
restoration. Du Toit says “Jesus is what God believes about you”.
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