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Christ Dwells in Me, September 28
Partakers of the Divine Nature
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat
the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in
you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal
life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat
indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
John 6:53-56
To eat the flesh and drink the blood of Christ is to receive Him as
a personal Saviour, believing that He forgives our sins and that we are
complete in Him. It is by beholding His love, by dwelling upon it, by
drinking it in, that we are to become partakers of His nature. What
food is to the body, Christ must be to the soul. Food cannot benefit us
unless we eat it, unless it becomes a part of our being. So Christ is of no
value to us if we do not know Him as a personal Saviour. A theoretical
knowledge will do us no good. We must feed upon Him, receive Him
into the heart, so that His life becomes our life. His love, His grace, must
be assimilated.
It is not enough even that we believe on Christ for the forgiveness
of sin; we must by faith be constantly receiving spiritual strength and
nourishment from Him through His word.... “The words that I speak unto
you, they are spirit, and they are life.” Jesus accepted His Father’s law,
wrought out its principles in His life, manifested its spirit, and showed
its beneficent power in the heart.... The followers of Christ must be
partakers of His experience. They must receive and assimilate the Word
of God so that it shall become the motive power of life and action. By
the power of Christ they must be changed into His likeness, and reflect
the divine attributes.
It is by receiving the life for us poured out on Calvary’s cross that
we can live the life of holiness. And this life we receive by receiving
His word, by doing those things which He has commanded. Thus we
become one with Him.
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