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may be in Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send
Me.” The Trinity; God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
pictures our union with Jesus. Let me tell you my heart as I
present union with Christ.
I want to tell you the two aspects of union which have
most changed my life. We’ll leave many things out but this has
changed my life. I want to show you how union with Jesus
relates to His Lordship. I always use a Bible illustration. To
illustrate that I want to use Mary, the mother of Jesus. Then the
second illustration is the head related to the body and that is the
flow of His life. Then right at the end, very quickly, I want to
give the illustration of marriage.

We begin with the Virgin Mary. I believe she is the first
picture of the church in the New Testament. You can tell that
by her contribution to the world. What was her contribution?
She gave Christ to the world. That’s the contribution for the
church; we are to give Christ to the world. Colossians 1:28-29,
“And we proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching
every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man
complete to Christ. And for this purpose also I labor, striving
according to His power, which mightily works within me.” We
want to give Christ to the world.

How did she do that? Luke 1:35, “And the angel
answered and said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for
that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God.’”
The Holy Spirit formed Christ in Mary. How did she respond?
Luke 1:38, “And Mary said, ‘Behold, the bond slave of the
Lord; be it done to me according to your word.’ And the angel
departed from her.” She said, “May it be done unto me.” She
didn’t say, “What should I do?” It was done unto her and she
didn’t do anything. In the fullness of time she gave Christ to
the world. Galatians 4:4, “But when the fullness of the time
came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman born under the
Law…”
Mary pictures us. The Holy Spirit forms Christ in us.
Christ grows in us. In the fullness of time we give Christ to the