![]() ![]() "Christ is our life" now as well as hereafter. It is "with Him" that we can "in heart and mind ascend " it is "with Him" that we can "continually dwell." (2) But this is not all. It is also "hid with Christ." Our Lord's ascent to His glory in heaven is at once the pledge and the means of this our spiritual communion with God. If God be our God at all, we must live for "He is not the God of the dead, but of the living" ( Matthew 22:32). ![]() (1) First, "our life is hid with Christ in God." The spiritual life in man is a "hidden life," having its source in God the full conviction of it, as distinct from the mere instinctive consciousness of it in the mind itself, comes only from the belief that it is the image of God in us, and is sustained by constant communion with Him. Christ who is our life.-In these two phrases, again, we pass from a lower to a higher expression of the same truth. The phrase here is to be taken in its whole sense, both of "death to sin" and "death to the visible world." Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.ġ Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Ye are dead.-Properly, ye died. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.Ĭolossians 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.Ĭolossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.Ĭolossians 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.įor you have died, and your life has been safely guarded by the Messiah in God.įor you died, and your life has been hid with the Christ in God įor ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God įor you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.Ĭolossians 2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, You died, which means that your life is hidden with Christ, who sits beside God.įor you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. Fear not, for I am with you be not dismayed, for I am your God I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.įor you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.įor you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.įor you have died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.įor ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.įor you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.įor you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.įor you died and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.įor you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.įor you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.įor ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.įor you have died to yourselves and your lives are hidden with The Messiah in God. He says that we are not to fear because he personally helps us – “I am the one who helps you.”Ģ. This is a figurative expression of his closeness to us and his personal care for us. The God of heaven and earth personally holds your right hand. God doesn’t simply send an angel to hold your right hand. For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.” Isaiah 41:13.Here are 15 powerful Bible verses about how God cares for you. So when we FEEL like God is not near, we must remember his Word. God’s word is the truth, whether we feel it or not. Though they are true feelings, they are not always the truth. But our feelings are a poor barometer of the truth. One of the greatest challenges believers face on a regular basis, is what will we believe – our feelings and emotions or God’s Word. That he doesn’t see our pain or hear our groaning. ![]()
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