THE POWER OF LIFE

THE POWER OF LIFE

The foundation is Christ. It is not in the separate stones that the value of the temple consists, it is the temple as a whole; and the foundation on which the whole temple stands is the righteousness of God, in which He raised Christ from the dead and quickened us together with Him. It is not merely that we have ^[p. 18] something outside, but we have that which is in us, the power of life. And this is most important as to walk. Sealed with the Spirit, I am one with Christ. There is a great amount of slovenly walk before God in the thought of quietness. True there should be quietness; but it must be the quietness of life. God has set us in a certain position, and then claims everything from us according to that position. It is not to be my mind working on God’s truth, but God’s truth working on my mind. We have an unction from the Holy One. There is a marvellous difference between grasping after truth, and finding truth itself holding us. One who has intercourse with a living Christ has the power of life, and there is no other way of quitting ourselves like men than by living out this life.