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Psalm 81:16
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WHERE CHRIST IS

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This entry was posted on 08-12-2008 and is filed under uncategorized.

"...where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God" (Col. 3:1c Amplified Version).

Since we have been raised with Christ, we are to set our hearts on things above, where Christ is. Wherever Christ is, that's where we should want to be. But where is Christ? The text gives us our first indication. He is "seated at the right hand of God." That's where He has been since He made is triumphal return to Heaven. That's where Stephen saw Him when he was being stoned to death - with one exception. He saw Stephen standing at the right hand of God (Acts 7:36). This tells us that the living Christ is vitally interested in our lives on earth.

But Christ also dwells in our hearts through faith (Eph. 3:17). How can He be two places at the same time? Because He is God. One of my wife's favorite verses is Isaiah 57:15, "For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: 'I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones'" (NKJV).

Third, we ourselves are seated with Christ in the heavenly places. "And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:6 NIV). Let us always seek to be "where Christ is." That is a blessed thought. Let us never seek to be where Christ is not. There are plenty of places where Christ is not, and they certainly cannot be called "heavenly places." Let us never be found in those places.

Hymn: "I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses; and the voice I hear, falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses. And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own; and the joy we share as we tarry there none other has ever known" (C. Austin Miles).

 

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    • 08-12-2008 Leonaard G Wymore wrote:
      Just found you today. Will look forward to a daily reading. L G W

      I am honored to have a man of your stature reading this Bible study, Brother!
      Victor
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    • 08-13-2008 Michael Faust wrote:
      I would like to subscribe to Honey From the Rock blog.

      Welcome aboard the Good Ship "Honey from the Rock."
      Victor
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