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Daily Bread - May 7, 2026 (The Fifth Day - Genesis 1:20-23)
John 6:56 – He who eats of My flesh and drinks of My blood dwells in Me, and I in him.
Mutual Indwelling With Jesus
Jesus said, come and dwell in me (John 15:4). God has done a wonderful thing for us through Christ Jesus – He has come to dwell in us! He not only dwells in us, but we also dwell in Him. Now, Christ Jesus presents us to the Father with His righteousness and His holiness. In fact, the whole of our lives and existence is found in Him. We are not only presented to the Father in Him, but He also now dwells in us and His righteousness and Holiness flows out of us as we yield to Him. Just as Christ Jesus dwells in the Father and the Father dwells in Him, He dwells in us and we dwell in Him (John 14:20,23, 17:22-23). He likens this mutual indwelling to a branch dwelling in a vine. As the branch draws its life from the vine, even so, we draw our life from Christ Jesus. We cannot do anything without Him, but if we continue to dwell in Him, we bring forth the fruits of His life (John 15:1-8).
Jesus made this mutual indwelling possible through the sacrifice of Himself for our sins. Through the giving of His Own life on the cross, He destroyed the power of sin and death, and cleansed us with His Own blood. He purified us from all iniquity and gave us a new life in Himself (Titus 2:14). The invitation now exists for all to come and dwell in Him (John 15:4). He offered up His life to make this possible. He gave His body and His blood so we might live by Him. As the Bread of Life, His body became our spiritual food. His blood was given to us as a spiritual drink so His life might dwell in us. The communion each person may have results in a mutual indwelling with Jesus (John 6:56, 14:20,23, 15:1-7, 17:21-23; 1 John 3:24, 4:15-16; Ephesians 5:30; 1 Corinthians 12:27).
The very moment we are born again, we are given His life, His righteousness, His holiness, and His relationship with the Father. The life of Jesus becomes our life, and we find ourselves complete in Him (Colossians 2:11-12). Just as Jesus lived His life in the Father and the Father dwelled in Him, He dwells in us and we are to live our lives in Him (John 14:17-23, 17:23). Our bodies are made His holy dwelling place and the members of Christ (1 John 3:24; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 12:27). He has held nothing back from us of His life and called us to be conformed to His image (Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 3:10). He has given us all of His fullness, and now by dwelling in His love, we mature and are filled with all the fullness of God (John 1:16; Ephesians 3:19-20). As we live our lives in Him, we grow up into Him in all things (Ephesians 4:15). Once again, we do not have to present ourselves before God on the basis of who we are. Rather, we are presented before God in Christ Jesus (Colossians 1:22, 28; 1 Corinthians 1:30, 6:11). We do not come to the Father to be accepted on the basis of what we have done, but what Christ Jesus has done for us. Our response to all He has done is to present our bodies holy and acceptable to God as His dwelling place (Romans 12:1). We are to yield our members to Him as the servants of righteousness (Romans 6:16-22).
Blessings,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
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