Participation in the life of Christ
Friday, October 6, 2023
9:45 AM
The Christian life is an invitation to participate in all aspects of the life of Christ.

We are invited by Jesus into His Kingdom and receive, work, and experience all the blessings of His life ALONG SIDE HIM.

"It's not a linear process that Jesus told us to wash feet and therefore we wash feet in obedience.  Jesus first washes us and then having been served we join Christ in serving others."
-Andrew Mangum, text conversation on October 6, 2023
The full participation is not just limited to receiving. Nor is it limited to just giving/serving. It is the process of receiving from Christ, ministering Christ to others, and helping others walk in the Christ life. 

The Church should be a participation in the life of Christ.
Worship, prayer, baptism, communion, serving one another, rejoicing with those who rejoice and mourning with those who mourn…

Jesus is life
John 11:25 I am the resurrection and the life.
John 14:6 Way, Truth, Life
The life of Christ also includes hardship, suffering, betrayal, and death.  The negatives of life do not mean we are lacking the life of Christ. In hardship we may conform more to the image of Christ.

‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.
John 15:20 (NIV)
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I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Philippians 3:10 (NIV)
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