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The degree to which the Lord has gone to share His wisdom and knowledge with those who are His is absolutely astonishing. There is no limit placed upon the impartation of the mind of Christ to His people. The invitation is to become an equal partner, one with whom all things are completely shared and shared to their fullness. We know this by the multitude of promises granted the believer, which are of such magnitude that they exceed greatness, or defy numbering. They are promises of exceeding great value because of the Divine Personage who has given them to the church. He is not a man that He would make vain promises. He is very Truth, therefore we may have complete confidence in His Word and His promises. All of what He is, He wants to share with His people. 2 Peter 1:4
Jesus took upon Himself the condemnation of the sin of every individual who has ever been, or ever will be born into this world. The sinless, the pure, holy, righteous Son of God, at the cross becoming sin, that His people would have the right of becoming righteous, even as He is righteous. There is not a moment of time in the history of the world, where one who was absolute holiness was transformed as He was to become the vileness, the corruption and the absolute iniquity of mankind. 2 Cor. 5:21 There is no way to convey the great magnitude of the accumulated sin of mankind over six thousand years of time. Jesus bore it all at Calvary. His purpose was for our spiritual and eternal benefit. For as He was made to be sin for us, through His redemptive act the way is now open before His very own that they might be changed into the righteousness of God. As holy, as pure, as just as the Lord is, so is the call of the Spirit and the Word to the body of Christ. When He took all our sin to the cross His intent was to open the way and to see that His beloved become as righteous as He is righteous. The church has been called to be equal partners in all that He is.
A will is in power after the death of the testator. The right to a glorious inheritance is now valid for all who are in Christ. There is not a promise in the Word of the Lord which is not in full effect at this very time. We are to be partakers of the inheritance of all the saints. Absolute equality is to be found in His will. We receive exactly what we believe for. Col. 1:12 Consider how fully and completely He has included you in receiving the full benefits of your inheritance in Christ Jesus. As children we are made to be joint-heirs with the Lord Jesus. That speaks of equality in every sense of the word. Oops, there is a little hitch, Paul said;î if we suffer with him.î We are then glorified together, all receiving the same share. Rom. 8:17.