Emanna for 01/16/2021
Caring for the Peace of Christ in the New Man
Bible Verses
Col 3:15 And let the peace of Christ arbitrate in your hearts, to which also you were called in one Body; and be thankful. Eph 2:15 ...that He might create the two in Himself into one new man, so making peace.
Words of Ministry
[Part 1 of 2]
After Paul wrote concerning the all-inclusive Christ and
concerning the new man in whom Christ is all and in all and
where there is no room for Greek, Jew, or other cultural
distinctions
[vs. 3:10,11]
, he charged the saints to care for
the peace of Christ. Within us we all have something called
the peace of Christ. This is the peace about which Paul speaks
in Ephesians 2:15, where we are told that in Himself Christ
created one new man out of two peoples. By creating the Jews
and the Gentiles into one new man, Christ has made peace. This
is the very peace in Colossians 3:15.
Believers with different cultural backgrounds and
nationalities have been created into one new man. The oneness
of the new man produces genuine peace. Apart from Christ and
the church, those of different races and nationalities cannot
be truly one. We are in the new man, where there is no Greek,
Jew, circumcision, or uncircumcision. In the new man there are
no different races, classes, or nationalities. Rather, there
is oneness because Christ is all and in all. This oneness is
our peace. The peace of Christ in Colossians 3:15 is simply
the peaceful oneness in the new man.
[continued tomorrow]
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from Witness Lee, Life- study of Colossians, pp. 243-244. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat 4/7/2000) Please visit us at www.emanna.com Comments to: comment@emanna.com.