The Revelation of Christ in All - pt. 8

Before time had a name there was a garden a place

where heaven and earth Walked as one This is

the echoes of Eden Where we rediscover ancient

roots and awaken to our eternal purpose All right

guys we are back week eight the final week In

this series called the revelation of Christ in

all. Yes. I promise you week a is the last in

this series So next week we will jump into something

different But this week want to talk about I

ended week seven with the title born of God kept

by truth So over the last seven weeks We have

walked carefully, we have walked slowly, and

we have walked honestly through scripture. I

feel like we have really taken our time and dug

into a lot of different places and really mined

out some gold, mined out some truth, mined out

some revelation throughout this teaching. We

have seen things Christ before Adam, Christ is

greater than Adam. Christ is holding all things

together. We have seen holiness as inheritance.

We have seen darkness as blindness and the truth

we talked about last week as there is no separation

in Christ. So now we come to the final question,

the one people often hold on to as the last anchor

of separation. And if Christ is in all, what

does it mean to be born of God? And this is not

about dismantling scripture. This is about finally

allowing Holy Spirit to help us to understand

scripture. So we're gonna kick this week off,

this final week, kick this week off in 1 John

1 John 5:18

chapter 5 verse 18. And it says this, we are

convinced together the passion that everyone

fathered by God, Does not make sinning a way

of life Because the Son of God protects the child

of God and the evil one cannot touch him Reading

this verse is Let me say it this way this verse

is often read as insiders versus outsiders believer

versus non -believer son of God versus sinner,

saint versus sinner, protected versus abandoned,

reconciled versus unreconciled. But John is doing

something much more profound here. So we're going

to pump the brakes and we're going to slow this

down a little bit and actually look at some of

this. So again, I don't have a Greek. know how

to speak Greek, but I'm going to do this as best

as possible. I wish I could find a way, and I'm

not that skilled yet. This is still new for me.

I wish I could find a way to put little things

on the bottom of the screen. Maybe I can do that

for this video, and I'm speaking prematurely.

But the word whosoever is posho. P -A -S -H -O.

It does not mean a select group or a limited

few are those who qualify correctly. It actually

means everyone without restriction. So John does

not narrow the scope here when he says this.

He intentionally leaves it wide open and that

matters when you're trying to understand and

read scripture. Again, whosoever. Not talking

about a select people Limited for you just us

four and no more. No, he's this this word would

actually mean everyone without restriction Then

we have we have and let me go back and I want

to read this on the King James 2 It says we know

that whosoever is born of God sinneth not But

he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and

that wicked one toucheth him not So again, we

have the whosoever figured out Let's look at

the word born, which is the word gnaio And it

does not primarily refer to a moment of decision

It's key It's not talking about you making a

decision and now you're all of a sudden born

It's not talking about you repeating a prayer

It's not coming talking about you going to an

altar and I'm not coming against any of this

I'm just trying to help you and I to understand

the truth of what the scripture is saying. What

is John saying when he's writing this? So this

word geneo, it refers to origin, it refers to

source, it refers to coming forth from. So it

answers the question, where did this come from?

So if you look at this verse, John is not talking

about a religious event. He is speaking to our

origin. Go back to what we talked about last

week when he's talking about, when Paul is talking

to the pagan worshipers. And he's speaking to

them about this God that you don't know, that

you're actually worshiping. This is who we live

and move and have our being in. That we are actually

his offspring. So John here is talking the same

as Paul in a sense when he he's talking about

origin He's talking about your identity and not

just your identity But the identity of everyone

that you come in contact with and why is this

important? Because it helps us see ourselves

correctly and if we actually understand that

Everyone is already included in this we can begin

to be, and I believe this is Paul said it, that

I know no man after the flesh but after the Spirit.

And what does that mean? It means that I already

recognize everybody's included in this. You have

the Spirit of Christ within you. And if I can

see that as a son to another son, or son to daughter,

whatever, if I can see that, recognize that I

can begin to inquire of the Holy Spirit to say

Holy Spirit show me what you see and I can speak

to the Christ within that individual and then

again this is not something to be a quick fix

that I can call out the Christ within then they'll

just start living right now this is a process

Maybe you encounter this individual for the first

time and you plant that little seed because you

see the Christ within them You speak to that

within them and maybe six months down the road

someone else comes along to speaks to it It's

not about getting people to convert right then

and there to make a decision. It's about planting

seed Remember the kingdom is as a seed You're

planting seeds in people and if we could understand

the truth of our identity, that you and I did

nothing, that we did not get to say the right

prayer to gain this, that this is all because

of Christ, from Christ, through Christ, in Christ.

It's all about Christ. Then I begin to see the

world around me just as clear. We begin to understand

when, you know, when they're asking Jesus about

who is my enemy. Who's my neighbor? That's what

it was. Who is my neighbor? Help me to define

my neighbor And Jesus starts talking about things

about loving your enemies Think about these kind

of conversations these kind of things. It's very

important for us to understand It's really hard

to have an enemy when you're busy praying for

them You don't When you don't like the politicians,

you don't like the president, your governor,

whatever, it's really hard to hate them when

you're praying for them. You don't like the Muslim

who lives in your neighborhood? It's really hard

to hate them when you're praying for them. You

don't like that member of the LGBTQ community?

It's really hard to hate them when you're busy

praying for them and when you're busy asking

the Holy Spirit, help me see this person through

your eyes. Adjust, I still have it here, adjust

my lens. Help me to see people the way you see

people. Understanding, where did they come from?

Because here's the truth John's talking about

origin and here's the truth humanity's origin

is God This echoes Acts chapter 17 that we read

Acts 17 · chapter mention

last week note that we are his offspring It echoes

Genesis the breath of Yahweh it echoes Colossians

that Christ holds all things together John is

not introducing a new idea here, a new thought.

He is affirming a consistent thought. So what

is John actually saying? John is not saying that

only believers are born of God. He is saying

those that live, those who live from their true

origin do not live enslaved to deception. I'll

say that again. John is saying those who live

from their true origin do not live enslaved to

deception. Again, it has to do with ignorance

and blindness, darkness. Darkness is ignorance

concerning divine things. Darkness is blindness.

It's not a spiritual threat. Let's get past that.

Darkness is not a spiritual threat. Light overpowers

darkness 100 % of the time. If you don't believe

me, walk into your house, put the lights off,

and go flip a switch, and you tell me how much

argument and struggle there was when you flipped

that switch on. Same concept. But those who live

from their true origin do not live enslaved to

deception. A majority of the people around you

and I, including in the world of church, are

enslaved to deception and do not know who they

are. It's all about identity. There is still

a root of separation in most modern churches

that we have in the West. There's still this

this philosophy of it's us versus them That's

it's in and out Whereas I believe it's as simple

as awake and asleep Sin here is not framed as

a moral failure understand what sin is Sin is

framed as missing the mark of identity the word

ha martia without form, without your original

design, without the original blueprint. That

is what sin is. Sin is a distorted identity,

plain and simple. Sin is not moral failure. Sin

is not the actions that you commit. Sin, the

actions that you see that you would classify

as sin is simply the fruit of a distorted identity,

which is sin. That's the sin the sin is the distorted

identity which will produce the what we would

classify as sin It produces that fruit in our

life When we don't understand who we are when

we don't know that we're included when we don't

understand that there is zero separation in Christ

When we don't understand who we are in him through

him by him for him When we don't understand these

things, we will manifest the fruit of sin in

our life in multiple different fashions. So sin

is not moral failure. It's missing the mark of

identity. It's distorted identity. When you know

who you are, lies lose their grip. When you understand,

here's a perfect thing. That's why I don't believe

in generational curses anymore. When you actually

understand, in John chapter three, now I think

we talked about this, I don't remember to be

completely honest. I have to go back through

all my notes and listen to this myself. But in

John chapter three, when Jesus is conversing

with Nicodemus and he tells him you must be born

again, that word again is not a rebirth, it means

to be born from above. When you and I understand,

that we are born from above, that we are born

out of the relationship of Father, Son, and Spirit,

when we came from that circumstance, when you

understand where you came from, you begin to

understand that you may have come through your

parents, you may have come through that natural

lineage, but you came from God. The moment you

understand that, generational curses loses its

capabilities in your life. It loses its power,

because then I'm no longer attached to my natural

bloodline. No, I came from God, so I have as

much chance of struggling with this generational

curse as did God, because that's who I came from.

actually my origin, that is actually my starting

point. I may have come through this natural lineage,

but I am not bound to the same logic that's happening

here. I'm not bound to the same sicknesses, I'm

not bound to the same addictions, I'm not bound

to the same whatever, you name it, I'm not bound

to this any longer, because I came from God.

I know who I am, and when I know who I am in

Christ, Every line begins to lose its grip Again

I talk about my own story being addicted to pornography

for many years And now you know to be honest

and at first it was fun But then it becomes a

bondage and you won't now and can't won't out

enough. I Ran to the altar. I did the whole rededicate

my life. I did everything that I knew to do It

did not work But the moment that I just began

to show up for the walk with Holy Spirit and

Say here it is Eventually the more that I walked

with Holy Spirit eventually this stuff just began

to fall away why because I was understanding

who I was as a son of God and When you understand

who you are as a son and daughter of God the

lies begin to lose their power If in Colossians

2, Jesus stripped the power of the enemy from

him, how does he still have power unless it's

you and I giving it to him in our own individual

life? Stop paying attention to him running his

mouth and whispering to you about who you are

not. Then we have verse 19. that we are God's

children and that the whole world lies under

the measuring influence of the evil one. King

James says this way, we know that we are of God

and the whole world lies in wickedness. Notice

what John does not say. John does not say that

the world is abandoned by God. John does not

say that the world is separated from God. John

does not say that the world is outside of Christ.

He said the world is under deception The entire

world is under the influence of the evil one

Listen influence is not ownership Blindness is

not absence If you and your kids gather in the

same room and shut all the lights off to where

you can't see each other Just because you can't

see The other people in the room does not mean

that they are absent from the room It just means

you can't see them So again John is trying to

explain the world is under deception Influence

does not equal ownership blindness does not equal

absence throughout scripture darkness equals

blindness evil equals deception sin means a distorted

identity some would say missing the mark i think

that's a side effect of not of a distorted identity

i think that's a consequence i think you missing

the mark is because you have a distorted identity

So while some say that sin is missing the mark

I say sin is distorted identity which causes

you of course to miss the mark But I don't think

it's the I don't think it goes deep enough in

the definition But throughout scripture Never

does God withdraw presents never does Christ

leave humanity John chapter 1 talks about it.

John 1 · chapter mention

The word became flesh and dwelt among us. If

you look at the Greek word of the word that's

translated as among is the word en and it can

also mean within and in. So you could say it

this way, the word became flesh and dwelt within

you. I think among is a fine translation. I just

don't think it goes deep enough Yes, the word

became flesh and dwelt among us But he also came

to dwell within you and I we you and I are now

the temple of the Lord The Holy Spirit has come

to dwell with it within you and I My friend.

It's a big deal John maintains the same thread

that we followed all series long The problem

is not being The problem is seeing if you do

not see correctly You will live beneath who you

have been called and created to be And now we

have the final seal Acts chapter 10 Acts chapter

Acts 10 · chapter mention Acts 10 · chapter mention

10 Let me see if I can get there real quick.

I don't know that I'm gonna read it, but I like

to have it there as a reference in case I want

to read it all. Acts chapter 10, Peter has a

Acts 10 · chapter mention

vision. You can see this in Acts chapter 10 starting

Acts 10 · chapter mention

around verse 9. Peter has a vision. It's not

about food. It's not about rules. It's about

people. God tells people, and this is fascinating.

This is really important if you and I grasp it.

God tells Peter, do not call unclean what I have

cleansed. Stop right there. Don't check your

brain at the door. Stop right here. And I want

you to ask yourself, what person that you come

in contact with has God not cleansed? What person,

if we can answer this, what person did Christ

fail? What individual did he not reach? Do not

call unclean what I have cleansed Trying to find

that in Acts 10 15 out of the passion translates

it this way the voice book again. Nothing is

unclean if God declares it to be clean purified

the meaning this is dr. Simmons notes for this

verse the meaning of the spiritual vision is

this God has declared every human being to be

of special worth and dignity understand every

every human being every human being every every

human being the Muslim, the Democrat, the Republican,

the LGBTQ, the atheist, every human being, God

has declared to be of special worth and dignity.

The entire world needs the gospel. This encounter

helped Peter understand that God was about to

send him off with the men who were at the door

of the house Even though their religion had labeled

had been labeled unclean Religion allows us to

label many different categories and groups of

people as unclean but the truth of the gospel

is God has declared every human being to be of

special worth and dignity. This is not future

tense. This is already done. Then Peter meets

Cornelius, a Gentile. He's an outsider. He's

a non -believer. And Peter's revelation is not,

God has now decided to accept you. It is God

shows no partiality. Peter realizes in this moment

that God was already present. God was already

at work. God was already involved. Peter did

not bring Christ to Cornelius. He recognized

Christ in Cornelius. Man if we would get this

If we could ever grab hold If we could ever grab

hold of the revelation that every single Human

being that we come in contact with is not meant

for us to degrade and spit upon like they're

worth worth less than us. And if we could actually

see that it's not about me trying to bring Christ

to you because somehow you are without, then

no, it is recognizing the Christ inside of them.

This has so much more to do With how we see other

people that we would classify as out there on

the outside What does it mean to be born of God

It means to be living from your true source it

means to awaken to your origin It means to no

longer being ruled by lies and deception. Being

born of God is not about exclusion. No, this

is about alignment. It's the difference between

existing and living awake. Let's think about

this why this does not mean everyone lives, right?

Truth does not override consciousness People

can still live blind to truth even in the church

world People can resist awakening People can

continuously believe lies But lies do not change

reality They distort experience. If one of my

children were to wake up tomorrow and believe

the lie, they are not my child. They can certainly

believe that lie, but that lie does not change

the truth and the reality of who they are. But

what it will do is it will distort their experience.

and they will miss out on things by being my

child. The gospel does not force awakening. The

gospel invites awakening. The gospel has not

got as far, but you can get close. The gospel

has got as near. So just wake up to the truth

of it. The gospel is not you are separated, but

you can be reunited. That sounds really good.

That sounds like good news. But better news is

the gospel that says you are always included.

See it. Our role moving forward. We don't carry

fear. We carry light. We don't preach distance.

We reveal nearness. We don't divide humanity.

We call humanity to awake. Sons and daughters

do not manage separation. No sons and daughters

live from union. Just think about this as we

close out this series. You are born of God. God

is your source. Christ is your life. You do not

live from separation. You live from the place

of union. You are awakening to what has always

been true. Christ is not trying to get into people.

Christ is revealing himself through people. My

friend darkness is not winning. Truth is awakening.

And the revelation of Christ in all is not dangerous.

The revelation of Christ in all is actually liberating.

Think about it. It's actually more freeing when

you understand it's Christ in all. You can stop

being the sin police. You can stop pointing the

fingers. And now you and I have the invitation

to see the world, the people around us, as Christ

sees them. Father, I thank you for these listeners.

For each person who may listen to this on a podcast

or listen to this via YouTube I Pray that you

would allow this as you deal with Saul as he

was converted to Paul Allow the scales to fall

from their eyes. May they see the world around

them As you do May they see people as you see

them unveil the Christ within each person that

we come in contact with. Whether that be the

cashier, the bank attendant, our next door neighbor,

the person we classify as an enemy. May we see

the Christ within them. May we begin to see them

as you see them. and begin to speak to that revelation.

Help us to awaken to truth and live from the

place of union. In Christ's name. Amen. I hope

this eight -week series has helped you, has blessed

you, has helped to bring some truth to some things.

I hope that's what's happened. I will see you

next week as we dive into whatever the spirit

will lead us next. Be blessed, my friend. See

Christ in the world around you.