Salvation is similar to a coin in that it
has two sides: "Christ in you" (heads), and you "in Christ"
(tails). Every Christian knows the heads side (Jesus is in me), but to many
believers the tails side (I am in Christ) remains a mystery, mere rows of black
print on white paper. When some brothers from Grace Fellowship International
showed me what it means to be "in Christ" in 1975 it launched me on a
fresh, new walk with the Lord. I ultimately counted all of the "tails
side" verses (in Christ, in Him, in Jesus Christ, in Christ Jesus, in
whom, etc.) in the New Testament, which I then compared with the
Christ-in-you-verses (heads). For every Christ-in-you verse, there are ten
you-in-Christ verses! That's right. A ten-to-one ratio of you in Christ over
Christ in you. If this realization impacts you like it did me, and you’ve
embraced only the “heads” side of the coin, you’re already asking God to show
you what you’re missing. God wishes all Christians understood and walked in the
truth of being “in Christ.” That’s how we became saints!
- Bill Gillham
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