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1. THE ISSUE AT THE BEMA SEAT IS NOT
SIN: GOD WILL NOT COLLECT THE
SAME DEBT TWICE
2. THE HEART OF THE ISSUE OF THE
JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
a. CONFORMITY TO CHRIST (1 JOHN
3:2)
b. EVERYTHING THAT IS
CONTRARY TO CHRIST WILL BE
BURNED UP (1 CORINTHIANS
3:13-15)

UNION MESSAGE #9

I INTRODUCTION TO THE UNION WITH CHRIST MESSAGE
A. BIBLE DISCRIPTIONS OF UNION WITH CHRIST
ABOUND
1. ABIDING IN A VINE; RELATING TO A
SPOUSE; PARENTING A CHILD;
RELATION OF HEAD TO THE BODY;
SUN’S RELATIONSHIP TO THE EARTH;
THE UNION OF SOIL AND VEGETATION
2. THE MANY REFERENCES TO BEING “IN
CHRIST” ILLUSTRATE UNION
3. UNION WITH CHRIST IS
PATTERNED/MODELED AFTER THE
TRINITY (JOHN 17:21)
B. SIMPLE OUTLINE OF THIS MESSAGE
1. HOW UNION WITH CHRIST RELATES TO
LORDSHIP ILLUSTRATED BY THE UNION
OF JESUS AND MARY
2. HOW UNION WITH CHRIST IS PICTURED
BY THE FLOW OF LIFE FROM THE BRAIN
TO THE BODY
3. AS A CLINCHER, I WANT TO MENTION
THE METAPHOR OF MARRIAGE AS THE
HEART OF UNION