Jesus Is the Acceptable Part of Us.

 The Greatest Mystery. 

Guess what?! You're invited to this greatest of mysteries!

The Riches of the Glory of This Mystery--Christ In You--Christ the Hope of Glory--Every Man Perfect In Christ Jesus.

You HAVE to admit that it is the greatest mystery -how we can be made perfect by Christ Jesus. 

From the worst most blatant sinner to the saint-seeming sinner, we are ALL corrupted. God will look for Christ in us because only Christ in us is worthy of redemption. Our works will be brought into judgment and only one work we do will be acceptable. The work of believing on Jesus Christ whom God sent to us, and believing over and over and over again- every day a renewed belief!

Christ in you, the hope of glory- not you in Christ, the hope of glory. There is a difference. Christ comes to live in us, we invite Him into our lives. We do not do the work of entering into Christ, we do not knock on His door. We have to believe truly that our salvation rests solely on Christ and His merits, and not a single merit of our own. Our believing is our work. Our believing that He draws us to Him and that alone brings us to Him for Him to enter into us, this is our work. We stand before Christ by invitation. We must accept the invitation, the rest is for Christ Jesus to do, for the Holy Spirit to enable.

When we are invited to an event -unless specifically stated we are under no obligation to bring something to that event (social dictation may require us to bring a token gift to a small, intimate event, or the nature of event may be to garner gifts). This particular huge event, this royal event does not dictate we bring anything- we are being gifted even by the invitation- our presence is all the reciprocation desired. Our showing up to the event we've been invited to, this is all important. Not showing up automatically leaves us empty, not able in any way to experience the event. We must show up. You can't show up to an event that doesn't take place.

The event you are allowed to attend has you escorted into, and given all you need, to take part in the event you've been invited to. Not wearing the appropriate clothing? Of course you're not. Clothing is offered to you. Not clean enough to don the appropriate clothing, a bath is offered to you. So hungry you fear you can't last until the main feast, a snack of ample substance is given to you. So thirsty you can't think straight, you are offered something to drink. In fact everyone who accepts the invitation to this event must partake of all the services offered, because this event is so unique, so inexplicably intricate and fancy, and such a mystery that none are ever appropriately prepared for the event. The invitation is not only for the event, but for that preparation for the event. You can only be prepare by allowing the host to do all these things for you, you simply must let him do what needs to be done. You must yield yourself to the host. Nothing you can ever think to do to be prepared will be acceptable, because the event is otherworldly, out of your realm of comprehension, filled with the wondrous.

Christ extends the invitation we accept the invitation and invite Him in and as soon as we invite Him in we are inviting Him to change us completely. This change is something that is done in mystery, we are just told to believe it will take place and be done in us. We are told to believe. Believe even when we cannot see, even when we cannot comprehend, even when we notice no change at all, we are told to believe -this is our work. The change will come in us and it's not supposed to be recognized as a change in us but recognized as Christ in us. That recognition may very well be unrecognizable to keep us from the tiniest sliver of laying claim to our making the change by something we've done- other than believe. We cannot force our own change try as we might, and boy, do we try. We sometimes try so hard we forget completely to yield and begin to do all kinds of things we think are commendable and acceptable, but none of those things are because NOTHING we do can be acceptable. It must all be done by our Savior every last bit, nothing excluded.  Jesus alone is the acceptable, when Jesus enters into us He is the acceptable part of us. 

Col 1:26  Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 

Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 

Col 1:28  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 

Col 1:29  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. 

Joh 6:28  Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 

Joh 6:29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent