The question that many have asked, over the centuries, is, why does the unity between God and man depend solely on us being IN CHRIST?..Many will point to Jesus' sacrifice on Calvary and say this paves the way for mankind to have the ability to get close to God, and it certainly does, as Jesus' death and resurrection certainly secures mankind's salvation, sanctification and justification. But there is certainly more for us to understand. The Son of God is the perfect Reconciler for man to be intimately connected with God because as Jesus said it.."All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father, neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whosoever the Son will reveal him." Matthew 11:27. Now here it is Jesus is speaking spiritually, therefore when He said, "to know", the Son of God is referring to having an intimate experience with the Father..it is not head knowledge. It is being spiritually knitted into the nature of Divinity. So, in this respect it is only the Father and the Son who exist in this spiritual union. So it means it is only the Father and the Son who know each other..no man can ever know, in this intimate way either Father or Son. But when Jesus said, the Father must be revealed by the Son..it means for any chance man can come into this Father and Son oneness, he must surrender his life to the Son and allow the Spirit of the Son to control all his heart, mind and soul. And this is what it means to be In Christ. It is a situation where the Spirit of Christ must take over our souls and thus we can then be transformed into the nature of the Son of God. This is why we become sons of God, and therefore, as we are In Christ, we can have fellowship with the Father..as we will have the same spiritual nature as Father and Son. It is for this reason everything must be gathered "In Christ". All of creation must exist in the spirit of the Son in order to be united with the Father. So as the Father only "knows" the Son, He will "know" us as we will be sons of God because we live in the Son. Look out for part five.
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