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UNION WITH CHRIST

WHAT I LONG TO COMMUNICATE IN MY UNION WITH
CHRIST MESSAGE

I desire to present our union with Jesus, by stressing three important
principles. There can be no union apart from the Lordship of Christ;
there can be no union apart from the continual flow of His life; and
there can be no union with Christ apart from spiritual romance. His
Lordship I will illustrate by His union with His mother, Mary; the
flow of His life I will illustrate by the relationship of the head with
the body. Finally, I will use the intimacies of the marriage bond to
illustrate union with Christ.

The Indispensable Principle

As we come to study God’s word, there’s an indispensable principle,
and that is total reliance on the Holy Spirit. Don’t ever take that
principle for granted. We need to trust the Lord when we study the
Bible. Only God can reveal God. I used to take that for granted.
So, I went through my Bible and now on every page in my Bible I’ve
written an arrow pointing up to God. When I open my Bible I
remember the indispensable principle.

Song of Solomon 5:2, “I was asleep, but my heart was awake. A
voice! My beloved was knocking. ‘Open to me, my sister, my
darling, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with
dew. My locks with the damp of the night.’” The bride was sleeping