15.8 SIT – Your position in Christ
Today, we will explore the concept of “position in Christ” vs. “actions”. Your position is who you really are. That is the real you – the way God sees you. That is the real you – endowed with the power and authority of God. That is the real you – from a spiritual and legal perspective. Your action is your action – how you act and behave outwardly.
Kenneth Hagin shared about a man who went to church, and lived a moral and Godly life. He was a good man but he had never accepted Jesus. During a meeting the man came forward to receive Jesus and the people were surprised. Everyone thought he had been saved all these years. But something different happened. He had an inner radiance or inner glow in him. When he walked down the street, people could see the difference. Now he was really a child of God. Previously, he was acting or living like a Christian without real salvation.
For example, a pauper can “act” like a millionaire and talk like a millionaire – but that does not make him a millionaire. He does not have the real resources, power and authority to execute what he says. Acting like a millionaire does not make one a millionaire.
What is a person deposits $1m in the pauper’s bank account as an inheritance. Legally and positionally, he is now a millionaire. He has the resources to live like a millionaire. But if he does not know about the inheritance, he may still behave like a pauper, rummaging among the dustbins for food. But if he has the revelation that he is a millionaire, he can start to conduct himself like a millionaire.
This is Christianity. To sit is to know our true position in Christ. We are righteous. We are sons of God, we are kings and we are priests. That is the truth and that is how God sees us. That is our spiritual and legal position.
When we understand our true position in Christ (sit) we start to walk as who we are. But if we do not know our position (do not sit well), we will still act like a pauper – living like a defeated Christian, or like a poor old sinner.
There could be Christians who try in their actions to be what they really are. They think that if they can behave 100% righteous, then they will attain to righteousness. That is like trying to walk without learning to sit. That is like putting effort on their actions without understanding their position. Sadly, the Christian who tries hard to earn their position in Christ will never attain to it. The law always results in failure- so that the person can turn to Christ.
Therefore to sit is to know our position in Christ. Jesus put us in that position by virtue of the fact that we are in Him. It has nothing to do with our effort. He did everything. When we know our position, we will have the right actions.
Kenneth Hagin shared about a man who went to church, and lived a moral and Godly life. He was a good man but he had never accepted Jesus. During a meeting the man came forward to receive Jesus and the people were surprised. Everyone thought he had been saved all these years. But something different happened. He had an inner radiance or inner glow in him. When he walked down the street, people could see the difference. Now he was really a child of God. Previously, he was acting or living like a Christian without real salvation.
For example, a pauper can “act” like a millionaire and talk like a millionaire – but that does not make him a millionaire. He does not have the real resources, power and authority to execute what he says. Acting like a millionaire does not make one a millionaire.
What is a person deposits $1m in the pauper’s bank account as an inheritance. Legally and positionally, he is now a millionaire. He has the resources to live like a millionaire. But if he does not know about the inheritance, he may still behave like a pauper, rummaging among the dustbins for food. But if he has the revelation that he is a millionaire, he can start to conduct himself like a millionaire.
This is Christianity. To sit is to know our true position in Christ. We are righteous. We are sons of God, we are kings and we are priests. That is the truth and that is how God sees us. That is our spiritual and legal position.
When we understand our true position in Christ (sit) we start to walk as who we are. But if we do not know our position (do not sit well), we will still act like a pauper – living like a defeated Christian, or like a poor old sinner.
There could be Christians who try in their actions to be what they really are. They think that if they can behave 100% righteous, then they will attain to righteousness. That is like trying to walk without learning to sit. That is like putting effort on their actions without understanding their position. Sadly, the Christian who tries hard to earn their position in Christ will never attain to it. The law always results in failure- so that the person can turn to Christ.
Therefore to sit is to know our position in Christ. Jesus put us in that position by virtue of the fact that we are in Him. It has nothing to do with our effort. He did everything. When we know our position, we will have the right actions.
posted by Joshua Lye @ 1:53 AM
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