As I began to pray I said.... "Father, I come to YOU in the name of Jesus." At that point the Holy Spirit literally said to me, "Say, I come to you as one with Christ"
It left me speechless momentarily.... YET, I then acted on His direction and said those exact words to the Father. Well, the Holy Spirit doesn't direct you in any way other than according to the Word.
Thus, he began to show me in the Scriptures the very ones you are talking about. Such as Hebrews 2:11. He also directed me I Corinthians 6:17 which says "He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit."
When we are born again... he joins us to Christ. Many Scriptures say that we are "in Christ." That is literal. We are united to Christ. We are joined to Him.
He married my spirit and His Spirit and made them one. Try not to argue about this truth... try to prove it to be true. You and the Body of Christ will be blessed when they see the balance of this. We never become deity. Yet we ARE brethren.
As a Man on this earth Jesus was bringing us into the same relationship as He Himself had with the Father. Nothing less. Now, that is good news. As a Man he was the last Adam. We are now "in" this last Adam.... the one who did NOT sin, and who has redeemed us back into full reconciliation with He and His Father. Love what Andrew Murray said.... "I have as much right to be in the presence of the Father as does Jesus." Always by what was done on the Cross, His resurrection, His ascension, and His Holy Spirit descending. Full redemption. Now we have to grow up into the REALITY of what HE actually did for us.
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Sandy
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