A friend emailed me this recently...
"Thought to ponder for today though, because i would like your opinion, is there a difference between living a faith where "Christ is in me" vs. one where "i am in Christ"?"
I replied...
Good question i feel that it's more than just semantics. I think I'd personally lean more toward me being found "in Christ" from God's point of view, where as from a practical horizontal view Christ is in me. Gal 2:20, and Col 1:7(Christ in you the hope of glory)
That's my first crack at it realistically it's God the holy spirit who dwells in the hearts of believers leading us to be found in the son who has redeemed us to the father.
hmm i shall ponder further.
...also i shall let Fr. Boyd introduce himself. Needless to say he's the only one who I know who knows how Calvin used milk.
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Does it have to be either or? I think it's important when we're looking at our salvation to nail things down as much as possible. Or, as J.C. Ryle says "“A doctrine which is needful to salvation can never be too sharply developed, or brought too fully into light.” The question I would ask is, by focusing on these two aspects of the Gospel, what are the different causes they give us to glory in Christ. For example, we rejoice that we're in Christ, because we're hidden there from the wrath of God. We rejoice that Christ is in us because we know that "He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world." Just a thought.
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