Stage Five: Intimate Love Series: Life stages_06(Being Light & Love for the World) BEING Philippians 3:7-11As we continue to allow Him to purify us, we are invited into an intimate union with Christ to become light and love to the world (Stage Five). Knowing the terrain of the soul helps us to stay focused on our singular goal-to love God with all our heart, mind, and soul so that the kingdom of God will go forward.No matter the stage we are in, we must continue to abide moment by moment in Him, keeping our gaze fixed upon His face and allowing Him to transform us.”We have a high degree of identification with Christ and a willingness to lay down our lives.We have become, by God’s grace, perfect through suffering. We experience a deep union with Christ and want nothing more than to dwell with Him. We are seen by others as embodying God’s light and love. We share in the sufferings of Christ that the gospel may go forward.We no longer fear death but rather see it as the full realization of seeing Christ face to face.Five Benefits of BEING Believers.1.Knowledge of Christ “Excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus” v. 8 2.Position in Christ “And be found in Him” v. 9 3.Righteousness by Christ “The righteousness which is from God” v. 9 4.Fellowship with Christ “That I may know Him…” v. 10 5.Glory Like Christ “The resurrection from the dead” v. 11So as you are making choices in life, remember the fly and the flypaper. One side is just a temporary stop off. The other side is permanent death. It matters a lot to that fly which side he chooses to land on. Make your choices with that in mind. I never want to get stuck. I want to have the freedom to soar with these benefits.