Blackaby Is a Little Wrong, But a Lot Right

This statement by Blackaby is incorrect.
"The presence of Christ in you makes all that He is available to others."

All that is Christ is not available in us to others. All that is Christ is available through us, but we cannot be to others all that Christ is. Christ is in us. But we are in flesh that is still corrupted with sin's influence, which keeps Christ in us from being all that Christ is.

Blackaby is right in saying this.
"His salvation can free an addict, mend a broken home, heal the pain of the past, restore a wayward child, and comfort a grieving heart. All of this is available to those around you as Christ expresses His life through you."

We are Christ's ambassadors. 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God."

Christ does express His life through us. Through our witness we share the love of God given to us in Christ. Those who repent and believe are granted access by grace through faith to all that Christ is.

Pastor Jason Pettus