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Originally Posted by Raptor
"you and I were created to be inhabited by our Maker"[/B] That is right there, but you claim that what is "missing in the middle is the person of Christ himself." The "our Maker" part IS Christ Himself,.... how come you missed it?
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I didn't miss it at all. But look at the context. Christ... our Maker... is just a prop, a foil. The focus is on "you and I", the Christian.... either struggling, or relaxing. The focus is on you, who are but dust and ashes, and even worse, it is on your "experience", which is even less tenable. And for the benefit of our friends from the LC who might be lurking, I add that that is Watchman Nee's MO. Focus on the mystical indwelling Christ. Enjoy him! Meanwhile, gross sin is tolerated and covered because, "We cover drunken Noah" etc.
And I do apologize for the rant. Guilty as charged. But you don't see Christ in his experience and enjoyment of the Father in heaven getting led down the primrose path of "mystical experience". No, he was guided by the word, a sure peg. And, as I repeated, and perhaps you missed, his experience was to be a template for ours. "Even as I obey the Father's commands, so you also must obey mine". Don't you think there's a relationship there, worth focusing on?
Then, and only then, is "Christ in you" and all the rest of it worth attention. But notice that instead the focus is either wholly or nearly wholly on "Christ in you". Christ here is a prop. Displayed then withdrawn.