04.08. Part 8
Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST
Part 8 Of His Fullness we have all received – grace upon grace [John 1:16, KJV+NKJV+NASB]. The actualization of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is in substance [the substance of YESHUA, which defines us in MASHIAH YESHUA] and witness [the witness of YESHUA, which opens the reality of MASHIAH YESHUA in us]. The fullness of JESUS CHRIST is developed in our [inward parts of] spirit, heart and soul [Hebrews 4:12]. In this segment we will speak of the development of our [new born] spirit. Our spirit is developed through the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. We see this by combining two verses:
1 Corinthians 15:45 [NASB] declares that: < 45 … "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam [JESUS CHRIST] became a life-giving spirit. >
Php 1:19 c [KJV] speaks of: < the supply [NASB: provision] of the Spirit of Jesus Christ >
The life-giving Spirit [in 1 Corinthians 15:45] is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST [in Php 1:19]. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is also described [in Romans 1:3-4, KJV+NKJV+NASB] as: < the Spirit of holiness >. In Romans 1:4 [NASB] we are told that JESUS CHRIST: < 4 … was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness … >.
Resurrection power is invested in the life-giving Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA; and, this is why the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is ‘life giving’, as the Spirit of Holiness [see Isaiah 11:2 c+2 Corinthians 7:1]! The resurrection gives us a new life-form in and by and through the Testimony of JESUS [see Revelation 19:10 c]. It follows that the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH is the Spirit of Prophecy. The Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH is the ‘spiritual DNA’ for the fulfillment of all of YHWH’s promises in Scripture in and through the Body of MASHIAH [see 2 Corinthians 1:20; John 6:63; Hebrews 1:3 b]. The ‘spiritual DNA’ that is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the exclusive basis of Jew and Gentile becoming one new man in YESHUA [see Ephesians 2:10-22]. In addition to the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST being the Spirit of Prophecy, it is also the Spirit of Adoption since it is the Spirit of the SON [see John 19:30]. We see this from two verses:
Romans 8:15 [NASB] declares: < 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" >
Galatians 4:6 [NASB] declares: < 6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" > The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST defines our every capacity of function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [in accordance with Romans 8:2]. YESHUA MASHIAH came to manifest perfect capacities of function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in fulfilling His position as True Man, so that through MASHIAH YESHUA’s Spirit we will each be [definitively] enabled to function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS; and, progressively actualize – through the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST - the reality of having been set free from the Law of Sin and Death [see Romans 8:2]. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the inward anointing that defines us each as Epistles of CHRIST, disciples of JESUS CHRIST. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST communicates resurrection power as an inward anointing that progressively [and definitively] enables our every function in thought, word and deed [including the gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT and the 5-fold ministry gifts and their derivatives in the Body], in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This why we can do all things through CHRIST, who strengthens us [see Php 4:13]. So we see that resurrection power potentially flows into every reality of function in our being as the inward anointing that is the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST!
It is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST that is the ‘one Spirit’ that connects [and joins us] each [the diversity of individuals in the Body of CHRIST] with the LORD who is the SPIRIT [1 Corinthians 6:17+2 Corinthians 3:17-18, NASB/NKJV]. The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the inward anointing through which we are functionally and definitively connected with the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [see Romans 8:2]. Through the functional DNA of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST we grow to operate our gift mix, in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, to fulfill the FATHER’s will.
Functioning by the HOLY SPIRIT can’t be merely experiential through the ‘lawless’ use of our own spirit [see Matthew 7:21-23]. JESUS CHRIST functioned by the HOLY SPIRIT – perfectly and completely [see John 5:19; John 5:30]. And, this witness of perfect and complete function in GOD is coded into the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, so that we all can do all things through CHRIST JESUS, in the same manner [in the same Spirit] as YESHUA did! Amen [Revelation 3:14 b]!