Unity with Christ and the Father

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             Because God the Father and Jesus Christ are one (John 10:30), this unity becomes the basis of our unity with them (1John 1:3) and with each other (John 17:11).  Remember that the Son does the will of the Father (John 4:34) and has received the powers even of judgment. 

             The Son will obey the Father's will and has received a command from the Father that concerns His death and resurrections (John 10:18). 

             Because the Son obeys we must realize that to remain in Jesus or in the Father we also must be obedient in a spirit of love (John 15:10; I John 4:12,16).

             We must bear fruit (John 15:5) and we must struggle against the world's sinful ways (I John 2:16-17).

             It is the unity of the Father and Son and our unity with them that prevents anyone or anything from snatching us away from their love. 

             "For I am convinced that neither death, no life, no angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, no height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 8:38-39 NASV).

             God's love is in Christ.  We abide in His love.  We abide in both the Father and the Son.  And as long as we choose to abide in the Father and the Son no person or power can take us away from them.  Praise be to God for His everlasting love and commitment to us.

                                                     -- David L. Antion for Guardian Ministries