Most people quote 1 John 4:17 but have no idea what it actually means.
“As He is, so are we in this world.”
Not as He was.
Not as He will be when He returns.
Not as He is when you die.
As He IS — right now — so are YOU in this world.
This is the scripture Western Christianity refuses to preach, because it shatters the entire separation gospel they built their empire on.
THE IMPLICATIONS THEY’RE AFRAID OF
If Jesus had access to heaven —so, do you.
If Jesus walked in union —so, do you.
If Jesus was eternal —so, are you.
If Jesus was sinless —so, are you, because your sin-consciousness was the sleep of Adam, not the reality of Christ.
If Jesus carried the fullness of the Godhead —so, do you, because fullness cannot be fractioned without destroying the nature of God.
And if Jesus was never separate from the Father —neither, were you.
The only thing you were ever separated from was the truth…in your mind. (Colossians 1:21)
THE PROBLEM: WESTERN CHRISTIANITY PREACHES ADAM, NOT CHRIST
Most Christians still walk around parroting: “I’m just a sinner saved by grace.” “Only Jesus is righteous.” “We’ll be like Him one day.”
One day is the greatest lie ever told.
“One day” keeps you asleep.
“One day” keeps you powerless.
“One day” keeps you begging instead of being.
“One day” is the religion of deferment — hope deferred makes the heart sick (Prov. 13:12).
And that sickness has become the “Christian walk.”
PEOPLE PROJECT THEIR SEPARATION ONTO OTHERS
People who don’t know who they are project their distortion onto everyone else.
They read 1 John 4:17 and then immediately cancel it out with man-made theology:
“Well, it doesn’t mean what it says…”
“We’ll never be like Jesus.”
“Be careful, that sounds like heresy.”
What they’re really saying is: “I’m terrified to believe who God says I am.”
So they project their fear onto others, accusing anyone who steps into sonship as “deceived.”
But here’s the truth: If the Spirit has awakened union in you, their accusations are nothing but echoes of their own unhealed identity.
Keep your projections to yourself unless you’re projecting the Image of Elohim.
THE WORLD ISN’T GROANING FOR MORE CHRISTIANS
It’s groaning for sons.
Sons who walk in love, not fear.
Sons who embody the truth, not quote it.
Sons who live from union, not separation.
All creation is waiting for those who: Know Christ is in them, not outside of them.
Walk in the consciousness Jesus walked in.
See with the single eye.
Live from the inside-out.
Carry heaven in their body.
Don’t bow to fear-based theology.
Don’t outsource their identity to a book.
Don’t settle for “someday” when God says NOW!
THE REAL ONES KNOW
Those who have discovered Christ within them the hope of glory…
They’re not threatened by accusation.
They’re not moved by theological tantrums.
They don’t shrink back when people project their fear.
Why?
Because union is unshakeable.
Once Christ awakens in you, you can’t go back to Adam.
Once the seed sprouts, it can’t return to sleep.
Once you taste oneness, separation becomes a joke.
This is why John wrote: As He is, so are we — in this world.
Not later.
Not someday.
Not after death.
NOW.
“You mirror the One you behold.
Lift your eyes from the dust. And remember the truth buried beneath the noise — you are as I AM, here and now.
Walk in the likeness you were born with and watch the world awaken around you.”
By Keith Brown who you can find on Facebook, in the search box, or on my friend’s list.