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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 but her heart was awake. She said, “I hear a voice
knocking at the door”; a voice knocking. A voice is the word of