In Part or Full?
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| 2014 K Bay, Hawaii |
This Memorial Day Weekend, our Christian ‘ohana were
reminded that God is the God of the living—and that “the living” also included
our Christian relatives who are no longer with us physically!
During the week leading up to the Memorial Day
Weekend, three family members shared that they were visited by the spirits of
family who passed. One was visited by her father-in-law; a second was visited
twice by her husband; and the third by his dad and brother-in-law. The
difference with the last visitation was that his brother-in-law is still alive
and living in a different state!
Christians, whose walk is presently “in part”, are
probably freaking out or calling us unkind names. No problem. If you continue
to grow until that which is perfect comes, then you too will be blessed to
experience a walk that is full. We forget that the unity of the Spirit
recognizes no division between the spirits of Christians in heaven and the
spirits of Christians on earth:
There is one body and one
Spirit…one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over
all and through all and in all (Eph. 4:1-6 NIV).
We were all saved by grace through faith. So although
death may separate us physically, we are still connected to such a precious
spiritual fellowship (kŏinōnia, partnership)
that surpasses earthly understanding!
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Scriptures marked “NIV” are taken from the Holy
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International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.
All rights reserved; Greek definition from Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of
the Bible “fellowship” - #2842 kŏinōnia, koy-nohn-ee’-ah;
partnership, i.e. (lit.) participation.
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