Galatians 3:26-29 (KJV)
“26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Although we are in different countries, nations, provinces, or regions in this world, we are not of this world. Our color, race, culture, and even our social, economic, or political status becomes subservient to who we are in Christ. Our baptism in Christ strips us of any dominance this world provides. Slave person, free person, male or female; nothing we have become in this world holds us to this world in relationship to each other. We are all one in Christ, the same in Christ. The relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost becomes the same relationship cultured among us. Although we are in this world with its limitations we are not of this world; we are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
The things we wear on the surface related to this surface cannot be compared to whom we wear (Christ) beneath the surface. The invisible connects us and calls us to a different level, a different cosmos (kosmos). We have angels, creatures, or a host of invisible beings accompanying us. We have of yet to explore the depths of what is available to us as children of God. Our relationship with and to each other must be recognized and cultured as relatives to the household of God.
Ephesians 3:14-21 (KJV)
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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