Living IN Jesus: S2-E13

Living IN Jesus Podcast

Living IN Jesus – Season 2, Episode 13

August 17, 2023 • 19 min

Notes:

The New Testament frequently mentions the concept of Jesus residing within us. However, we also encounter the idea that we live in Jesus. This apparent paradox can prove challenging to grasp and even harder to observe in our daily lives. Nevertheless, Jesus assures us of our unity with Him. So, how can we tangibly experience this connection, comprehend it, and embrace its validity? What difference will this understanding make in our daily lives?

In this episode, Ross O’Hair and Ben Brezina delve into what it means to live IN Jesus, shedding light on the profound transformation this understanding brings to our lives and the encouragement it provides in the midst of life’s difficulties and trials.

Verses:

Galatians 2:20 – “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”

1 John 4:11-12 “And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

John 14:18-20 – “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.”

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 – “And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.”

Colossians 2:12 – “having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.”

Romans 6:4 – “Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.”

Ephesians 2:5-6 – “Even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus”

Resources Mentioned:

Concept of God, A New Identity, and Expressions of His Life sessions found in the Living IN Jesus Study

TIME	TOPICS
0:35	Why this podcast is called Living in Jesus
1:50	What does it mean to live IN Jesus?
5:45	Independently trying to work for God leads to burnout.
6:59	Living IN Jesus means we are never alone.
7:22	Living IN Jesus is a life of abundance.
7:50	Living IN Jesus means we have no condemnation.
8:11	Living IN Jesus means we have the freedom not to sin.
8:32	Living IN Jesus means we are fully loved and can love others unconditionally.
8:50	Living IN Jesus means we bear the fruit of the Spirit.
10:10	If I am “IN Jesus”, why do I still experience pain and sin?
12:20	A testimony of how Ben began to understand more about what it means to live in Jesus
16:39	Final Takeaway