Emmanuel - God With Us and In Us: Understanding Our Divine Union

This sermon explores the profound reality of Emmanuel - God with us - and how Christ's coming transformed believers into temples of the living God. The message emphasizes that God doesn't merely dwell in a small place in our hearts but fully inhabits our entire being through the Holy Spirit. The speaker challenges believers to move beyond intellectual understanding to experiential knowledge of Christ's indwelling presence. Through personal testimony of physical struggles and faith, the sermon demonstrates that believers triumph not through their own strength but through Christ who lives in them. The message calls the church to mature beyond salvation into the fullness of Christ, recognizing that transformation comes not through trying harder but through renewing the mind and encountering the Father's love. The sermon concludes with a powerful call to reject "daisy theology" - the fluctuating belief that God's love depends on circumstances - and instead embrace the unchanging reality of divine union.