Partaker:
“One who has a portion, participates in, possesses or shares the nature or
attributes of something.”: “For we have become partakers of Christ.” The
Christian life is not an imitation of Christ; it is a participation in Christ. An
“imitator” mimics the nature of Christ, professing a reality they do not
possess. A “partaker” allows the nature of Christ to take control of their life
and flow through them as their life. Self masquerades as Christlike, but only
the indwelling Holy Spirit is Christlike. To be a partaker Self, our carnal
fleshly nature, must give up the reins of control to the Holy Spirit of God so
He can release the Christ-Life within.
Exceedingly
great and precious promises have been given to us “that through these we may be
partakers of the divine nature.” Christ is our portion. We participate in His
life as He lives His life through us. We possess His indwelling nature... His
DNA. At least this is the way our life is supposed to be lived. Saints, the
real question is have we “become partakers of Christ”? To what extent are we
possessing and releasing His nature -- His character, His virtues, His values,
His attitudes -- in place of our old self-consumed Self-nature? We must
transcend the natural realm, immersing ourselves in the supernatural nature
dwelling within, relinquishing our Self-Life to be possessed by the
Christ-Life. Saints, this is our overwhelming need, the only thing of
importance after salvation, the only way to effectively fulfill God’s plans and
purposes for our earth-life. We must relinquish control of our life through
submission to the Lordship of Christ and death of Self: *To “be conformed to
the image (nature) of His Son.” *To “become partakers of Christ”, partakers of His
nature. *To “be renewed in the
spirit of our mind.” *To “be
transformed by the renewing of our mind.” *To “have the mind of Christ.” *To
fully become Christlike! Nothing else will satisfy our Daddy...
PARTAKERS OF CHRIST
(Heb.
3:14; 2 Peter 1:4; Eph. 4:23; Rom. 12:2, 8:29; 1 Cor. 2:16)
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