Our Affinity and the power of desensitization to the person of Christ part 2

2016 July 3rd Streaming
https://youtu.be/I_-j1QL4QTA
Greetings Everyone,
It’s the 4th of July weekend! Today’s message is about the inner and outer person we live. Our affinity (our union) is inner but we are constantly pushed and pulled to the outer man.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness. Rom 8:9-10
 
Let’s first look at the definition and meaning of the word Affinity.
1: relationship by marriage (union)

2: an attraction to or liking for something

(2): an attractive force between substances or particles that causes them to enter into and remain in chemical combination
c: a person especially of the opposite sex having a particular attraction for one
In affinity is where we find our identity. And this is also where the problem lies. You see we appear to have more than one affinity or identity. Far too many new creation offspring of God the Father live in delusional thinking.
 
Our affinity in Christ is how all unbeliever’s become “new creatures” (creation; being; person; generation; race) 2Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15.
The affinity of Christ and the believer fulfills the Father’s plan to have sons likened unto Himself. With Christ in us we have become everything and ALL God has called us to be before the foundation of the world. Daily we should be growing into the likeness of His glory and the expressed image of His person, as our minds are renewed to who we are as a “new creation race/person” in Christ. But this is only part of what is meant by being “in Christ”. As we search the scriptures, the Holy Spirit will reveal a more dynamic, richer and fuller understanding of our union “in Christ.”    
Our affinity (union) “in Christ” does not speak of the theological position of the believer, but an actual union that exists between Christ and the believer. This affinity is as a vine and branch, based upon the sharing of ONE LIFE. What makes a vine and a branch one is the sharing of the same life substance. The same sap that flows through a vine flows through a branch. When you are born again, the same Life substance that Christ has inside of Him comes into your spirit. That Life, eternal Life, puts you in union with Christ.
Secondly, this affinity between you and Christ is a union of your spirit with Him.
1Cor 6:17 says, “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.”
Our union with Christ is an actual, literal union that has been formed in your spirit because you posses the Life and person of Christ. This affinity was formed the moment you were born again. It was then that your spirit received eternal life-the person of Christ.
Love in Christ,
David & Katherine