Can it be? As He Is So Are We!

I am so thrilled by this one verse: Look at the tenses in the verse.
1John4:17 "Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgement; because as He is, so are we in this world"

Do you think right now Jesus is worried, afraid, hopeless, depressed, concerned about the future, in sin, sick, lack conscious, feel distant from His Father, I don’t think so, do you?

In the light of this question I would like to bring to your attention the b-part of this verse.

"As He is (right now, not 2000 years ago) are you in this world" Give it a bit of thought, ponder on it. You need to KNOW AND DISCOVER THE REAL YOU. Jesus is all about you. He came to reveal the true you, in Himself. He is the light of your life. He's life awakens the light to your true identity. John1:4

Is there more to you than just the meat box and the looks, the background, history, the bank balance, feelings and emotions?

If nobody ever told you, you are just like Him; you just heard the best news of your life. Could it be that someone lied to you concerning your true identity or that you believed a lie about yourself.

As He is so are we in this world. Don't settle for any lessor opinion. You carry His label, His inscription. He is your true origin. That's why Jesus is not ashamed to call you his brother, because you come from the same Father. Heb 2:11. You have the same origin. The Pharisees came to Jesus to test Him out. Shall we pay taxes? He replied: "Bring me a coin whose portrait or inscription is on it? Caesar’s they reply, now render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and render to God what belongs to God." You were created for His pleasure. Eph 2:10 says you are His workmanship. When you esteem the new creation you are esteeming the Creator. To belittle the creation is to belittle the Creator. You are His workmanship.

Eternity knew us long before time could define us.
God has a bigger claim to our lives than our past, our genealogy, organisation, the devil or any person for that matters. Gal 1:15 “…we were set apart from our mother's womb (natural identity) to reveal Christ in us and to preach Him in the nations” The secret of our lives is our union with Him. The secret to the success of our lives is our consciousness of our union with Him. We are the dream of God realised. We are not a mere experiment of man’s desire or aspirations. Our identity was sealed in Christ Jesus and whenever Jesus is revealed we are co-revealed with Him. Col3:1-4; 2 Cor13:5; Col 1:26;27.

In this day and days to come, purpose to walk in an awareness and consciousness of the living Christ that indwells you. It takes an agreement on your part to believe what He thinks of you. See how your life will be transformed when you believe and awake to this truth.

Your faith has everything to do with your identity.
What do you believe, if God is convinced you are just as Jesus is, right now? HAVE THE FAITH OF GOD! The only faith worth pursuing is what God believes. Gal 4:9 “But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

Paul realised that only God’s faith and opinion of Him has a lasting impact that results in true freedom and liberty. Look into the perfect law of liberty and see yourself in the mirror of His Word. Only those who are willing to gaze deeply into the mirror of His Word will enjoy the fruitfulness of what the gospel reveals in Christ. Deception is merely adhering and agreeing to a foreign identity. As He is so are we in this world and anything less is to walk in deception and to fail the test of what faith came to reveal.

“Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test? 2 Cor 13:5

Awake, o sleeper and let Christ arise and shine in and through you.

Love you guys!