John 17:23, 26, I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. And I have declared unto them thy name and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou has loved me may be in them, and I in them. I in them - these three simple but significant words close the prayer with that little inner circle in which He breathed forth the passionate desire of His heart for His own on down through the centuries. Now as well as then, it is the consuming desire of Jesus Christ to reincarnate Himself in the Christian. The apostle Paul in the revelation given him laid hold upon this precious, glorious truth and it is woven into the warp and woof of his experience, his preaching, and his missionary service. Christ liveth in me was the very acme of his personal spiritual life. Galatians 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself up for me. Philippians 1:21, For to me to live is Christ. Christ liveth in me so that To me to live is Christ - there was nothing beyond this for Paul. Having the glorified Christ as his very life was all-inclusive in Pauls spiritual experience. This to him was life on the highest plane. Christ in you was the heart of his message to the churches. It rang out with clarion clearness in all Pauls teaching and preaching. A cross section from any of Pauls epistles would reveal this truth written in capital letters. Colossians 1:27, To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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