Through these he has
given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may
participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused
by evil desires. 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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