Christ was copy and pasted into Paul and the apostles as well as in all the Christians they served.
All - go through troubles, circumstances, trials. These drive us out of our own resources into Jesus Christ in order to be able to "get through". No trouble is too small and none is too great. How the Christian uses circumstances of resort to the treasure that has been copy and pasted into him counts.
Look at what Paul says after he speaks of the treasure in earthen vessels and its excellency of power.
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.
We are pressed on every side but not constricted, unable to find a way out but not utterly without a way out."
Troubles on every side of the Christian afford them sometimes NO WAY OUT.
That is no way except UP. That is no way except to trust the indwelling Christ of resurrection power.
When we come through it is impossible to boast and brag in ourselves. We know that is was the treasure Christ in us that saw us through. We had no way out. Yet we have through Christ Jesus - A WAY OUT. Praise the Lord.
Do you see? That is why Paul says of the indwelling copy and pasted treasure in him - "that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us."
The Christ copy and pasted in is of excellency or power. This is resurrection power which needs testing. Testing in small trials. Testing in large trials. Testing in ALL THINGS.
Paul grasped the "program". The treasure copy and pasted into him must be tested.
"Persecuted but not abandoned;
cast down but not destroyed;
Always bearing about in the body the putting to death of Jesus that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body." (vs.9-10)
Please let me bring again your attention to verse 16 - the outer man is decaying because of these trials. But the inner man is being renewed every day as the treasure copied and pasted spreads its influence over the containing vessel.
"Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day." (v.16)
@secondson saidMore infantile insults. A copy and paste is an exact replica of the original. There is no such parallel described in the Bible about Jesus copying and pasting himself into people. You people are a seriously deluded bunch of blind jokers supporting each others false doctrines.
The narrowness and inflexibility of your mind prevents you from understanding what sonship means by "copy/pasting" "Christ in you".
You should learn what "idiot" means. You will. An idiot is one that cannot learn. You exemplify that condition.
More infantile insults. A copy and paste is an exact replica of the original. There is no such parallel described in the Bible about Jesus copying and pasting himself into people. You people are a seriously deluded bunch of blind jokers supporting each others false doctrines.
The allegory is useful but not perfect.
Meanwhile the Scriptures tell us the truth to save us from your false teaching.
The Apostle John teaches that - We will be like Him
"Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we will be.
We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is." (1 John 3:2)
You'll now probably reply babbling something about keeping commandments. (in the way of dead works)
But the point is you were WRONG.
His communicable attributes the saved are to share.
Rajk999 says
A copy and paste is an exact replica of the original. There is no such parallel described in the Bible about Jesus copying and pasting himself into people. You people are a seriously deluded bunch of blind jokers supporting each others false doctrines.
The allegory, as most are, is not perfect. But it useful.
To be conformed to His image is for Him to be the standard model and the saved to eventually be His mass duplication.
"Because those whom He foreknew, He also predetinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers." (Rom. 8:29)
That is because His life and Person has been "copy and pasted" into all whom He saves.
The analogy I use is good, yet not perfect, as most are not.
Christ is leading many sons into the glorious expression of the Divine Life.
"For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in leading many sons into glory, ... " (Heb. 2:10a)
Many sons are being led by the Fisrtborn Son into the glorious expression of God united with man.
In fact the believers were CALLED into this duplication and replication -
"But the God of all grace, He who has called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, ... " (1 Pet. 5:10a)
Christ has been "copied and pasted" into all whom He died and rose for. That is that in eternity they might be where He is and behold with Him the glorified humanity.
" And the glory which You have given Me I ave given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one.
I in them, and You in Me, that they may be perfected into one ... Father concerning that which You have given Me, I desire that they also be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory, which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world." (See John 17:21-24)
That is one Only-begotten Son to become the Firstborn Son followed by many sons expressing the glory of the Father's eternal life.
Christ has a unique status as the only begotten Son. He is the standard model of which there is only one. Yet Christ is also the copier to be the Firstborn Son among many brother and sister duplicates.
For this purpose God created the universe.
@rajk999 saidYou should go back to school, preferably starting in kindergarten, and get a fresh new education.
A copy and paste is an exact replica of the original. There is no such parallel described in the Bible about Jesus copying and pasting himself into people.
If Jesus is the original, and he indwells the believer, then it's reasonable to say he copy/pastes himself into the believer.
I wouldn't use that analogy personally, but I, unlike you, can easily understand what sonship is saying, and if I whole heartedly disagreed with him I could state my objections without the strident attitude you so arrogantly display in all your bigoted and narrow minded posts.
@secondson saidThe whole idea is nonsense.
You should go back to school, preferably starting in kindergarten, and get a fresh new education.
If Jesus is the original, and he indwells the believer, then it's reasonable to say he copy/pastes himself into the believer.
I wouldn't use that analogy personally, but I, unlike you, can easily understand what sonship is saying, and if I whole heartedly disagreed with h ...[text shortened]... without the strident attitude you so arrogantly display in all your bigoted and narrow minded posts.
@sonship removed their quoted postThis is your guilty conscience speaking. You are trying to make this about me and I have never discussed anything about myself, and this is exactly the reason why, because people like you love to talk about yourself and the mouthing of your faith... you are a Facebook Christian. I am not like you. I believe in Christ and in the keeping of the commandments. You dont.
I have said many times that there are followers of Christ all over the world, many of them are not Christians. The Christian churches preach a doctrine of ignoring the commandments of Christ so many of their members would not be inclined to follow Christ. They do instead profess faith with their mouth because of they are taught that faith alone and nothing else is the way to the Kingdom of God. Dead faith, which you promote is condemned in the bible.
