sermon: All in All
Christ Is Everything
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 26-Apr-00; Tape #445B
Description: John Ritenbaugh contends that history is not confined to the past. We are actively participating in it just as surely as the prominent figures of the Bible. As citizens of Jerusalem above, we need to have our minds singly focused on the heavenly homeland where Jesus Christ dwells, mortifying our flesh, realizing that we need to follow the mandates and customs of God's Kingdom, as members of Christ's body, the household or family of God. The conclusion of the process that we are involved in?this process of redemption and sanctification?is the very glory of God Himself. Christ and His Church are complementary parts of a spiritual organism. The all in all process has already begun, with our lives inextricably linked to the future. Our obligation and responsibility is to obey and yield to Christ and God the Father, (from whom we receive the desire and the will to overcome) conforming to their image until we are unified all in all. (79 minutes)
Keywords/Topics: All in all, Arithmetic analogy, Citizenship, Continuous operation, Continuous working, Double life, Pillar of fire, Crossroads, Dwelling place, Experiential knowledge, God's gifts, Homeland, Hupotasso, Inheritance, Moral responsibility, One with the Father, Oneness, Predestination, Providence, Sailboat analogy, Slave analogy, Subdue, Them and us, Will and power
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