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El Nuevo Pacto

"Yo soy la vid, vosotros los pámpanos; el que permanece en mí y yo en él, este lleva mucho fruto, porque separados de mí nada podéis hacer... Si permanecéis en mí y mis palabras permanecen en vosotros, pedid todo lo que queráis y os será hecho. En esto es glorificado mi Padre: en que llevéis mucho fruto y seáis así mis discípulos." (Juan15:5, 7-8)

El Nuevo Pacto es, en su esencia, "Cristo en tí, la esperanza de gloria". Jesús expresando Su carácter por medio de Su pueblo. La encarnación, Dios vestido de carne humana, sigue siendo el patrimonio de Su pueblo. Es Cristo en tí y tú en Cristo. ¡Con nuestra identidad firmemente arraigada en Cristo, vivimos el auténtico cristianismo!

Christ in You the Hope of Glory
Authentic Christianity 2 Corinthians 2:14 - 3:5
The Power You Already Have Ephesians 1:15-23
Pots, Pressures, and Power 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
Doing What Comes Unnaturally 1 Timothy 1:8-11
The Man God Uses Romans 1:13-16
The Whole Story 2 Corinthians 9:8
The Secrets of God 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
When Stones Cry Out Luke 19:37-40
Legalism Galatians 5:13-26
How to Kill a Lion on a Snowy Day 1 Chronicles 11:22-24

2 Corinthians 4:7 states, We have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and is not of us. It describes genuine humanity as God intends, vessels to be filled with something, to hold something — the living, risen Jesus. It is no accident that we picture lives without Jesus Christ as hollow and restless; without the Spirit of God as inevitably empty and meaningless.

The glory God intends for the Christian life is that we might hold an inestimable treasure, a treasure beyond price. This treasure is a transcendent power above our self, something wholly other. This power alone can change an individual from within, bringing genuine, complete and permanent transformation. We are merely the vessels. The powerful treasure is Christ alive in us. This is authentic Christianity — the treasure: God put the Spirit and life of Christ in failing, faulty, sinful men and women; the presence of the very God in our heart, manifesting his life and grace through us — Christ in you, the hope of Glory.

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