THE SPHERE OF LIFE NO. 6

THE SPHERE OF LIFE NO. 6

Life is in Christ for every believer in Him, but it is in Him you have it, and it is as you are in Him, you are “alive unto God”. Under the law it was, “This do, and thou shalt live”. Under grace it is, “Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3: 15). Is it the same man who is to do and live, who under grace is told to believe and have life? It is here all the darkness on the subject lies. The old man is told to do and live. It is the newly-born one who is to believe and find life in another Man, Christ Jesus. Until you come to Christ risen, declared to be the Son of God with power you do not touch life, though life is in Christ for every believer. It was in Christ for His disciples when He was on the earth, but they did not enter on it until after His resurrection.

The mistake is in thinking that it comes to you. You are brought to it by the Spirit; you live in the Spirit.

I see the design of the enemy in the present assault, to spare the man — Adam; for if that man be not ended on the cross, then there is really no eternal life. The Son of man must be lifted up.