CHRIST IN YOU

020 – APRIL 2005

CHRIST IN YOU

WHEN YOU SQUEEZE AN ORANGE, YOU WILL GET ORANGE JUICE. WHY? - BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT’S INSIDE. YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST THE OUTSIDE TO TELL YOU WHAT IS ON THE INSIDE AND TOMATO JUICE FROM AN ORANGE WOULD BE AN “ABNORMALITY”.
BUT THINK ABOUT IT. IF THE ORANGE IS NEVER SQUEEZED YOU CAN NEVER REALLY SEE THE ORANGE JUICE. NOT UNTIL THE PRESSURE IS APPLIED WILL THE INSIDE BE REVEALED.

LUKE 11:37-39 “… A CERTAIN PHARISEE BESOUGHT HIM (JESUS) TO DINE WITH HIM: AND HE WENT IN, AND SAT DOWN TO MEAT.
AND WHEN THE PHARISEE SAW IT, HE MARVELED THAT HE HAD NOT FIRST WASHED BEFORE DINNER.
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, NOW DO YE PHARISEES MAKE CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE CUP… ; BUT YOUR INWARD PART IS FULL OF RAVENING AND WICKEDNESS.”

FROM YOUR SPEECH AND WORDS OF TESTIMONY, PEOPLE WILL VIEW YOU AS A GODLY PERSON. AND, WHEN THINGS ARE GOING GOOD YOU ARE JUST LIKE AN ORANGE - YOUR INSIDE WILL CONCLUDE THE VIEW THAT FOLKS GET FROM YOUR OUTSIDE.
MY WIFE, PAT, SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT KNOW WHAT IS IN A NONTRANSPARENT CUP UNTIL YOU SHAKE IT AROUND. THEN, WHAT IS IN THE INSIDE WILL SHOW IT SELF. THE CONTENTS WILL SPRAY THROUGH THE AIR AND DRIBBLE OVER THE SIDES.
IT’S WHEN YOU ARE SQUEEZED, SHAKEN, OR UPSET THAT YOUR CONTENTS WILL BE REVEALED. WHEN YOU ARE SQUEEZED, SOMETIMES THE AIR IS SPRAYED WITH STRESS OR ANGER, STRIFE OR A BAD ATTITUDE. “THINGS” CURIOUSLY DRIP OVER THE SIDES OF YOUR BODY/CUP AND YOUR INSIDE DOES NOT SEEM TO MATCH YOUR OUTSIDE.

ALBEIT THESE SCENES OCCUR, THE GOSPEL ASSURES A DIFFERENT VIEW OF WHO YOU ARE AND YOU HAVE A COLOSSAL ADVANTAGE FOR INCOMPARABLE VICTORIOUS LIVING.

COLOSSIANS 1:27 “TO WHOM GOD WOULD MAKE KNOWN WHAT IS THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY …; WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY.”

“CHRIST IN YOU”! BE OF GOOD CHEER! HAVE HOPE! – BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT GOD IS AN INDWELLING SPIRIT. HE LIVES IN YOU AND, THEREFORE, JOY, PEACE, FAITH, AND LOVE WILL PREVAIL. UNLIMITED VIRTUES ARE ALIVE AND STIRRING INSIDE OF YOU … ANXIOUS TO APPEAR WHENEVER YOU ARE SQUEEZED OR SHAKEN.

SO – THE NEXT TIME YOU’RE SQUEEZED AND THE TOMATO JUICE BEGINS TO APPEAR, DON’T BE DISCOURAGED. BE CONFIDENT OF ‘CHRIST IN YOU’ AND SAY, “I’M SORRY. THIS IS NOT THE PROPER CONTENTS OF MY CUP ,,, IT’S AN ABNORMALITY!”
TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND LET JESUS BE REVEALED FROM YOUR INSIDE. SPRAY THE AIR WITH HOPE AND FORGIVENESS. AND DRIP LOVE AND PEACE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
YOU CAN DO IT BECAUSE IT’S THE TRUTH – “CHRIST IN YOU.”
!!! NEWS FLASH !!!

IT WAS A BIG TASK BUT THE MEETING ROOM IS DONE. IT WILL SEAT 60 PEOPLE AND IS READY FOR SOME GREAT MEETINGS OF REVIVAL, HEALING, PRAISE AND PRAYER.
NOTE: ENTRANCE IS ON PEARL STREET … AT THE BACK RIGHT CORNER OF THE “BELTRAMI STUDIO” BUILDING. PARK ON MAIN STREET OR IN THE PARKING LOT IN BACK.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS:

* TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH @ 7:00 PM - WITH MIKE LEWIS

* THURSDAY, MAY 5TH @ 7:00 PM - WITH RALPH NAULT

* TUESDAY, MAY 10TH @ 7:00 PM - WITH DAVID WRIGHT
!!!! PLEASE BRING A FRIEND !!!!