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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

II HOW UNION WITH CHRIST RELATES TO
LORDSHIP ILLUSTRATED BY THE UNION OF
JESUS AND MARY
A. MARY IS THE FIRST PICTURE OF THE CHURCH IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT
1. HER CONTRIBUTION WAS TO GIVE CHRIST
TO THE WORLD (COLOSSIANS 1:28-29)
2. SHE GAVE CHRIST TO THE WORLD WHEN,
BY A MIRACLE, THE HOLY SPIRIT FORMED
CHRIST IN HER (LUKE 1:35)
3. MARY WAS A RECEIVER OF THAT ACT OF
GRACE (LUKE 1:38)