The Temple of Christ

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Greetings,

Bonnie and I had a great time last week  with a great bunch of people from the Kootenay area of B.C., Canada. Thank you to all that came in the evening to Gary and Marilyn’s house. Your questions were great questions and God showed up in our time of connecting and sharing. Keep the path of hunger and expectation for all that God is going to do.

Being the family of God is all about being the place of God’s manifest presence. It is about being a part of the calling of Christ, the inheritance of Christ, and the purpose of Christ in all things. For this to be true, we must be a place of God’s manifest presence. Christ in us is the hope of Glory. Knowing Christ in us is the testimony of knowing God as our Father and Jesus Christ God’s Son. This is eternal life and the place of God’s eternal life in us is the place where heaven invades our earth.

John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

These words of Jesus to His disciples are also God’s words to us as the family of God. The purpose of Christ in us is not merely life, it is living in the eternal life of God as being the body of Christ joined to Jesus Christ the head of the body in all things. Jesus is the eternal Adam of mankind and the church is the eternal Eve made of one flesh with Jesus in all things. Life that is independent of Jesus Christ is mere human centered life and it will not produce the true expression of God’s life.

The community of God is dependent upon being the temple of God’s Holy Spirit. The temple is not dependent upon the community. The community is dependent upon the temple. The temple of the Holy Spirit will activate, facilitate, and release the community of Christ. Build a temple and you will build the city. Build the city and you may never build the temple. If we try to create some expression of Christ community without the manifest presence of Christ, we will only form a human copy of what we preceive to be Christ-like. Only by a manifestation of Christ in us, the Holy Spirit who comes in the name of Jesus, can we become the true community of Christ. The place of life forevermore, eternal life, is the place where heaven touches the earth. This is the place where the anointing oil on the top of the head of Jesus the eternal High Priest who stands forever as the head of the body of Christ in heaven runs down upon the body of Christ and spills over unto the earth.  Christ is the manifest presence of Holy Spirit in and upon the body of Christ. It is not merely the human spirit that is in all people, it is the manifest presence of the Holy Spirit that God desires to be in and upon all people. The door is open in heaven, but human hearts upon the earth must open to Him to become the place of His habitation upon the earth. This is the testimony of being the temple of God.

Psalms 133:1-3 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing — Life forevermore.

In the Old Testament King Cyrus made a decree to build the temple of God and that decree was in reality a decree to build the city of God (Ezra 1:2; Dan. 9:25). The city of God had to be built because the temple was built (including the law and proper offerings). The word sent to build the city was the physical manifestation of the temple. The temple was the word gone forth. Build a temple and there will be a city. It is just like our Christian walk. If the Spirit who comes in the name of Jesus is in our hearts, if there is a temple, then the work of the city (Christian community life) can be completed. Once the Spirit of Jesus is in our hearts, we are new creations, but it is yet to be further manifested in our lives. God spoke the word to call us, but it didn’t become ‘the word sent forth’ until we received the Spirit that comes in the name of Jesus into our hearts. We had to become a house for His Spirit to dwell in and we had to receive His Spirit to dwell in us to write His law upon our hearts and minds. That law is not the Torah law of the Old Covenant, but the testimony of the Father’s love. We had to become proper ‘burnt offerings’ through the one offering Jesus Christ (Rom. 12:1 – members of the body of Christ). Christian community doesn’t make us the testimony of Christ. Christ in us empowers us to become the testimony of a Christ-like community.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Thank you to all who support House of Bread Ministry. We have several trips coming up in September, October, and November. Please pray for open effective doors, divine connections, Holy Spirit led and anointed ministry, and for the financial means to do all that we need to. 

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Thank You So Much – Ted J. Hanson

About ted4you

Ted J. Hanson is the author of several Christian books intended to equip and raise up strong believers in Christ. He leads a training school known as Christ Life Training (www.christlifetraining.com) and ministers globally through House of Bread Ministry (www.houseofbreadministry.org). Ted travels to various places throughout the U.S. as well as other countries. He is a dynamic preacher/teacher who has a heart to share, uncompromisingly, the Word of God and the Lordship of Jesus Christ. He holds a bachelor of theology and masters of biblical studies through Christian International Ministries Network and is ordained through Abundant Life Ministries and House of Bread Ministry. He has served to plant and establish many ministries.
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