His Purpose - Christ in us

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Originally Posted by Raptor

You are way, way off base here. How come you missed the "inhabited by our Maker" part?

The other thing I find so interesting about these discussions, is that the verses I cited are usually ignored, as they were in this case. So I'll repeat them.

"Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me." John 6:57

"If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love." John 15:10

Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." John 20:21

What I see is a pattern of equivalents: Jesus puts his relationship with the Father, then says the believer's relations with him are "Just as" or "even as" they are. So if the Lord Jesus obeys the Father, we obey him. Jesus lives on the Father (his food is in keeping his commands, cf John 4:34) so do we live on him. As the Father sent him, so he sends us.

The focus is not on us, it's on him. Peter preached this gospel, not of his (Peter's) enjoyment but on Jesus' resurrection. "Know ye that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified." Peter didn't get side-tracked by his "enjoyment" or "experience".

Now, you may think I'm conflating Major Ian Thomas with Witness Lee. But they sound a lot alike. To me the danger is the same. And the only protest to my noting this, comes from someone who ignores the substance of what I say. This only serves to convince me that perhaps I'm onto something here. They are bothered, but they ignore the word. The word shows us a relationship, beckons us to follow. Instead we get a generic "Christ in you". In this case, it seems that "Christ" is whatever you want it to be. How do you know that your "enjoyment" or "experience" is real? Jesus' was - the Father raised him from the dead, furnishing proof to all, for all time. Why then focus on your own? It seems rather untrustworthy. And why ignore the trustworthy revelation of God, as if it were not laid out here, if not in full, at least in part?