So I was reading in John tonight and I came across something really great.
1 John 3:6
Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him.
Then in verse 24
And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, be the Spirit which He hath given us.
It struck me that we are literally part of Christ, we are connected on the deepest of levels. This is how we can hear the Spirit of the Lord in our lives. It is a great blessing.
On the other side of that though, is that when we do something to harm ourselves, our souls that He crafted for us (I talked about this here, in yesterday's entry) it affects our connection to Him. We can no longer abide in Him so that we are protected from sin. We must keep ourselves near Christ so that we may purify ourselves, even as He is pure (verse 3) and live righteous lives.
Well that's all I really have tonight, it made more of an impact in my own mind, but it's hard to write it out, my words don't do it justice. I think this is more for me not to forget it tomorrow, but I hope you enjoyed it and that it opened your mind a bit.
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