One as the Sum of its Parts/How it Connects

 How it Connects:

There is a real connection. Let us take that fully into our hearts. I will say it again; there is a real connection. We are connected to God through Christ. That connection is not found in idle words, but in a spirit that is the same from Father to Son, the same from master to disciple. The spirit is a reality, a truth. It is found in every soul, indeed, it is what makes each body a living soul. Each of us has a pinch of the divine; it is the spirit of God, the spirit of Christ that possesses us. Every man woman and child with a mind has a piece of God living inside. That mind, that spirit, joins us and makes us one. 1 Corinthians 6:17 “But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit.”

We've been warned. We've been shown the connection. It has not been hidden from us but set like a candle for all to see. God is the spirit that makes man sentient, that gives man life. It rises up in every one of us like a clear spring of water. It flows freely between each individual. In each of us, God is there, calling for oneness. We have been plainly told that the connection is real. We have no excuse. The words you speak to me, you speak to Christ who lives in me. The things you do to me, you do to Christ who lives in me. The spirit in each of us exists simultaneously in this world and in heaven. Each spirit is precious to God because it is a part of him. He guards and protects what is his own, giving his angels charge over them. Matthew 18:10 “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.”

Christ was clear and precise when he spoke of the spirit. He showed us how it all connects. No man is independent of God; the body is an extension of spirit. The body is a tool that the spirit uses. It links each of us to our brothers and sisters. Mankind is like a stand of Aspen trees. A quick internet search will provide the reader with this explanation: A stand or group of aspen trees is considered a singular organism with the main life force underground in the extensive root system. ... In a single stand, each tree is a genetic replicate of the other, hence the name a “clone” of aspens is used to describe a stand. The spirit is our underground life force, and in reality, makes all of us a single entity. Matthew 18:5 “And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.”

You are called because you belong. You grow out of the same root system. While we may seem different on the surface, our sentience grows out of the same spirit. It feeds and waters each of us with a oneness that is undeniable. It matters not that some call themselves Christian, Jew, or Islam, deep down, we are all spiritual brothers. While the young are closer to the source of who we are, we all still draw from the same source. Why is Christ called the son of God? He is the example of God in man. He proves to mankind that we are possessed by the light which is God. It seems layered that the light comes first to one and then to the rest. It is like the nutrient that comes first to the root and then to the trees. Should a tree turn off the source of its nutrition, it would become withered and misshapen. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the rejection of what nourishes the soul. We receive light through Christ. That light is who we are; God in man. Mark 9:37 “Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.”

We have been shown how it connects. We have been both called and warned. A spring that rejects the water that feeds it is no spring at all. While all your rejection of light centers on yourself alone, there is still hope for redemption, healing, and regrowth. However, when you pass your darkness on to others, how can you not expect that the oneness will protect its own? How can you not see that you will be cut off and removed for the sake of the body whole? You will be deemed detrimental and removed. Matthew 25:45 “Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”