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People started to get angry and began to cry. Some left the
church and never came back because we were based on light.

It doesn’t matter what your light is. We can disagree. If we
have Christ, we’re one. We wouldn’t split. If you are looking
to Christ and I’m looking to Christ, we’re one. A team of mules
couldn’t pull us apart. Christ is Lord and I’m going to obey
Him. Christ is Life and I want His Life to flow.

Union is not only Lordship and Life but it’s intimate
relationship. The illustration is marriage. 2 Corinthians 11:2,
“For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed
you to one husband, that to Christ I might present you as a pure
virgin.” Romans 7:4, “Therefore, my brethren, you also were
made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, that you
might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the
dead, that we might bear fruit for God.” We are married to Him
who rose from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto
God.

I didn’t want to leave you with something technical; that union
is obedience and that union is receiving. Union is relationship
with Jesus. He not only loves you but He’s in love with you.
It’s a romance. He just can’t get enough of you. Genesis 4:1,
“Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she
conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, ‘I have gotten a
man-child with the help of the Lord.’” Hosea 6:3, “So let us
know, let us press on to know the Lord. His going forth is as
certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like
the spring rain watering the earth.”

The way the Bible uses the word “know”, Adam “knew” his
wife and she conceived; it’s a relationship. I have six children.
Everyone was born out of a private, secret, wonderful union
with my Lillian. What is union with Christ? Union with Christ
is submitting to His Lordship. Union with Christ is receiving
His Life. Union with Christ is an intimate relationship with
Jesus Christ.