Living By Jesus

February 1, 2015
MF Blume


John 6:53-58  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.  (54)  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.  (55)  For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.  (56)  He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.  (57)  As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.  (58)  This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.



Jesus referred to living by Him as He lived by the Father.

How did Jesus LIVE BY THE FATHER.

John 5:30  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

John 14:10  Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

He wouldn’t do anything without the Father’s direction.

So this is how we are supposed to live by Jesus.

And we are given a hint of what he meant when he said this while speaking of the flesh and the blood like bread and wine.
Matthew 26:26-29  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.  (27)  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;  (28)  For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.  (29)  But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

It’s not just bread, but broken bread.
Romans 6:3  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

And that causes this…

Romans 6:4  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:5  For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

LIFE LIFE LIFE.

LIVING BY JESUS!

And when you come to God you must BRING SOMETHING WITH YOU.

We come to Him in times of need.
And we come to God and bring something with us that will move Him to bless us or help us.

What would you bring?
Luke 18:11-14  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.  (12)  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.  (13)  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.  (14)  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

What would you bring?

Would you come to God like someone who did a whole lot of holy deeds?
We have to bring something to God and here is what it is.

Romans 6:13  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

COME AS SOMEONE GOD RAISED FROM THE DEAD!
Does your Christianity cause you to walk in a different way, knowing that, because you are alive from The dead, you FACE PROBLEMS DIFFERENTLY?
When people see us do things and believe for things that we would never do before because natural life cannot ever hope to succeed in such living, then they see a NEWNESS OF LIFE in us.
When we rely upon God’s blessings because of God uniting us with Christ’s death and resurrection, then we don’t bring anything to Him that our hands have done.
If our experience in Jesus does not move us to step out in faith and do things we’d otherwise never do, then we are not living by Jesus.

Popeye got beat up until finally he ate spinach.
The high priest went into the holiest to make atonement, and no man could be in there when he did.
THE BLESSINGS OF GOD ARE BASED UPON JESUS’ HOLINESS, NOT OUR OWN.

1 Corinthians 1:29-31  That no flesh should glory in his presence.  (30)  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:  (31)  That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

We go into the holiest of Heaven, too, and we bring NOTHING except what Jesus did!
And if you have a problem with your flesh, give Him your flesh so He can take it and quicken your mortal body.

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