Weekly Pursuit – Week 4 of January
Verses:
Rom. 1:4 “Who was designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Excerpts:
An especially marvelous word in Romans 1:4 is resurrection. Christ was designated the Son of God “out of the resurrection of the dead.” In 6:5 Paul says that “we will also be in the likeness of His resurrection.” Christ was designated by resurrection, and we will be in the likeness of this resurrection. As we share Christ’s resurrection, we undergo the process of being designated the sons of God. We are designated, in fact, by resurrection.
Every life has its own form. For example, a dog has one form, and a chicken has another. The growth of a certain life brings in the full form of that life. Today we are sons of God, but we do not yet have the full form, the complete shape, of sons of God. Therefore, by growth and transformation we need to be conformed to the image of Christ. Eventually, we will be completely conformed to His image. Then we will possess the full life shape which comes from the life power with the life essence. A carnation, a chicken, and a dog all have a different life form according to their life essence. A carnation has the form of a carnation because it has the life essence of a carnation. The carnation essence develops into the carnation form by means of the life power within the carnation. Praise the Lord that we have the life essence and the life power within us! This life power is shaping us into the image of the Son of God. Through this shaping function of the life power, we will be fully conformed to the image of Christ. (Life-study of Romans, msg. 62)
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