Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of
the divine nature….
2 Peter 1:4
Here
is the whole final message of the New Testament: Through the atonement in
Jesus’ blood sinful men may now become one with God!
Deity
indwelling men! That is Christianity in its fullest effectuation, and even
those greater glories of the world to come will be in essence but a greater and
more perfect experience of the soul’s union with God.
Deity
indwelling men! That, I say, is Christianity and no man has experienced rightly
the power of Christian belief until he has known this for himself as a living reality.
Everything
else is preliminary to this! Incarnation, atonement, justification,
regeneration; what are these but acts of God preparatory to the work of
invading and the act of indwelling the redeemed human soul? Man who moved out
of the heart of God now moves back into the heart of God by redemption!
God
who moved out of the heart of man because of sin now enters again His ancient
dwelling to drive out His enemies and once more make the place of His feet
glorious!
That
visible fire on the day of Pentecost had for the Church a deep and tender
significance, for it told to all ages that they upon whose heads it sat were
men and women apart. The mark of the fire was the sign of divinity; they who
received it were forever a peculiar people, sons and daughters of the Flame.
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