Joe: Hi everyone, my name is Joe and I'm joined by Michael Stewart.
Today, we'll be discussing Chapter 2 from Volume 2 in the "Basic Elements of the Christian Life."
The title of this chapter is "A Simple Way to Touch the Lord." Michael, to start our
discussion today, I'd like to ask one question, and the question is this:
What is the ultimate goal or objective of the Christian walk?
Michael: Well, Joe, the ultimate goal of our Christian walk is revealed by Paul in Philippians
chapter three verse ten, "To know Him, and the power of His resurrection."
Also, in the book of Philippians (chapter one) Paul says, "For to me to live is Christ."
And then in Colossians 3:4 Paul talks about Christ being our life. So, experiencing Christ in
a living way, knowing Him experientially is the goal of our Christian life and walk.
Joe: So experiencing Christ and knowing Him in an experiential way is the goal of our
Christian life and walk. In the booklet it goes on to talk about Romans 5:10 which says
that, "Much more we will be saved in His life."
Michael: Sure.
Joe: Can you talk about this much more salvation?
Michael: Certainly, I'd just like to read the whole verse it says, "For if we being
enemies were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more we will be saved
in His life having been reconciled." So Paul is telling us here that there is an experience
of God, an experience of Christ that is beyond his redemption. Much more we will be saved
in His life having been reconciled.
Joe: Okay, so first we saw the goal of the Christian life is to experience Christ, and
then now there's this much more salvation from Romans 5:10. Can you talk a little about
bit how we can enter into this much more salvation?
Michael: Sure, well the Bible reveals in John, the Gospel of John that our Lord Jesus Christ
was God, He was with God in the beginning and was God. In John 1:14 we're told that
"The Word became flesh and tabernacle among us." So, our Lord Jesus Christ became a man,
He lived a human life was crucified for our sins, redeeming us, was buried and three
days later He was resurrected. On the evening of His resurrection, according to John 20:22
it says He came into a room where His disciples were and in that verse, I'll just also read this verse to you it says that,
"When He had said this, He breathed into them and said to them, receive the Holy Spirit."
And then 2 Corinthians 3:17 says, "The Lord is the Spirit."
And First Corinthians 15:45b says the last Adam, referring to Christ, became a life-giving Spirit. So the key to experiencing
God's "much more salvation" is our experience of Christ as the one who is indwelling us,
that is living in our hearts, making home in our hearts as the Spirit. The last Adam
became a life-giving Spirit, and we can experience and enjoy Him in our spirit.
Joe: So in this video, we've first seen that the goal of the Christian walk is to
experience Christ and enjoy Christ. Now we also saw that there is a "much more salvation,"
where God's desire is to save us much more in Christ's life. And then lastly, we saw
how the Lord and how God made it possible for us to experience Him and enjoy Him.
Michael: Right.
Joe: So, this has been a very enjoyable segment. Thank you for joining us, and thank you all
for joining us. We look forward to the next segment on this chapter.