Everything Jesus Has, He Shares With You - Rick McFarland - Charis Daily - Season 18 Ep. 9

Summary

Rick McFarland teaches that being “in Christ” means believers are united with Jesus through faith and share what Jesus possesses in his glorified humanity. He emphasizes that this does not make believers God; rather, their identity and standing come from their union with Christ.

Main Ideas

• The new covenant is grounded in Christ. McFarland argues that God made the covenant with Jesus, not separately with each believer. Since human beings would fail as the covenant’s “weak link,” its security rests on Jesus. Believers enter into its benefits by faith in him.
• Believers are united with Christ at the new birth. Drawing on the images of being baptized into one body and becoming “one spirit” with the Lord, McFarland says the Holy Spirit joins believers to Christ. This union is the basis for their Christian identity and inheritance.
• Jesus shares his inheritance with believers. McFarland describes this as a marriage-like union: just as spouses share a life and inheritance, believers share what Christ has in his human nature. He clarifies that believers do not become divine beings, though they participate in Christ’s life and standing.
• Believers’ standing is based on Christ, not personal achievement. The message contrasts receiving Christ’s gifts by grace and faith with trying to earn righteousness, healing, prosperity, or other blessings through effort.

What McFarland Says Christ Shares with Believers

1. Election: Jesus is God’s chosen one, and believers are chosen “in him.”
2. Destiny: Jesus was appointed to glory with the Father; believers share that destiny through adoption and union with Christ.
3. Kingship and priesthood: Because Jesus is a priest-king, believers are described as a royal priesthood.
4. Holiness: Believers are called holy because Christ shares his holiness with them—not because they have achieved holiness independently.
5. Righteousness: Jesus’ perfect righteousness and standing before the Father are credited to those who receive him.
6. Blessing: Believers are said to have every spiritual blessing in Christ. McFarland encourages them to believe, receive, and verbally affirm this.
7. Victory over the devil: Christ has defeated the powers of evil, and believers share that victory. McFarland urges them to recognize Christ’s completed victory rather than try to win it themselves.
8. Reign on earth: The message cites passages describing believers as reigning with Christ.
9. A place with Christ: Since Jesus is seated at the Father’s right hand, believers are described as raised and seated with him in the heavenly places.
10. Sonship: Through faith in Christ, believers share his status as children of God. McFarland explains that “sons” refers to status, not gender.

Destiny and the “Ticket” Analogy

McFarland compares salvation to a flight: the Father determines the destination, Jesus is the way to it, and Christ has paid for the ticket. People must accept the offer and “board” through faith. He interprets the Lamb’s Book of Life as including those for whom salvation was purchased, with names removed when people reject Christ.

Practical Takeaway

The central lesson is to understand Christian identity as something received through union with Jesus. McFarland encourages believers to rely on Christ’s righteousness, blessing, position, and victory rather than trying to earn them through their own performance. He also invites listeners who have not accepted Jesus to do so by faith.

Speakers and Sources Featured

• Rick McFarland — instructor and speaker.
• Andrew Wommack — author of Your Identity in Christ, promoted during the program.
• Biblical passages cited: 1 Corinthians 1:30; Galatians 3:17, 26; 1 Corinthians 12:13 and 6:17; Romans 8:17; 1 John 4:17; 1 Peter 2:6, 9; Ephesians 1:4–5 and 2:6; 1 Peter 1:2, 20; Revelation 3:5, 5:10, 11:15, and 20:6; Hebrews 7:17 and 10:12; Acts 3:14 and 13:33; Colossians 3:12 and 2:13–15; 1 John 2:1; Romans 5:19; 1 Timothy 6:15; Ephesians 1:3; and 2 Corinthians 2:14.