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  LIVING WITH JESUS TODAY
  by Juan Carlos Ortiz
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Summary: God promises to live through us in everyday life, and we can
experience His life as a daily reality by discovering our true identity
as an expression of the glorified, eternal Christ.

Topics: "Christ In Us", "Holy Living"
Scripture References: Acts 3:6, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 1:27

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Juan Carlos Ortiz emphasizes that as believers, we are vessels for God
to live through us in our ordinary lives. The primitive church
understood this truth, relying solely on Jesus Christ rather than
theological concepts or written scriptures. They operated in great power
because Christ lived in them, not just as a concept. Ortiz encourages
self-reflection to realize that we are expressions of the eternal Christ
within us, urging us to believe this truth to experience His life daily.

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When we live our ordinary, everyday life, God promises that He will live
through us. We are vessels to contain Him. He moves us, urges us,
motivates us to do His will, so that we can say with Paul that it is no
longer we who are living but Christ who lives in us (Galatians 2:20).
This is what the primitive church understood. They had no New Testament,
not even the Old Testament; they didn't have copies of the Old Testament
at home to read. They just had Jesus Christ.

So they said, "Jesus Christ heals you. Come on, get up."

We say, "Read books about healing." This is because we have a
theological approach based on books and meditation, instead of on life.
They had the living Person; we have only a concept.

We sing, "I'll never walk alone." We are at least being honest. We don't
go alone. We go with the Bible under our arm. But in the primitive
church, they went with the Lord. He dwelt in them and walked in them; He
was their life, not just a concept. That it is why they moved in such
great power.

Look at yourself in a mirror. Get yourself in focus--discover who you
are. You are an expression of the glorified, eternal Christ who lives
within you. Begin to believe that about yourself and you will start to
experience His life as a daily reality.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/juan-carlos-ortiz/living-with-jesus-today/
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