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by Dr. John Hunter Torchbearers Fellowship, England through the saving death of Christ, and part of my salvation comes through the saving life of Christ. Thank God for the cross! But that’s only part of it. Through the risen Christ, and His saving life I have overcoming power and glo rious victory. God has tremendous blessing for me not only in the sav ing death of Christ, that comes through His death, but what comes through His saving life, what comes through the Saviour who rose again to dwell in my heart. He said, “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” So, as I go on day by day, I go on with a living Christ. The center of my faith is now the Saviour who died for me and who rose again. What is your life day by day? Is it living for Jesus and doing all that you can for Him? That isn’t my Christian life. I don’t have to live for Jesus. Jesus wants to live in us for He is the Saviour who died for us. Romans 5 :10 tells me that I have much more than a Saviour who died for me. I have a living Saviour who dwells in my heart by His Holy Spirit. The center of my faith is a living Saviour, not just a crucified Saviour. God’s entire plan is that the Saviour who died for you should now come and dwell in and then live through you. So you have a total salvation which comes through His death as well as through His saving life. Go on by faith, expecting the Lord to be the kind of person He said He would be. These poor peo ple in Paradise had only a god who died. As a believer, you have so much more. “You ask me how I know He lives ? He lives within my heart.” Does He dwell in your heart? If not, here’s your opportunity for joy, blessing and unmatched satisfaction! 17
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I T is THRILLING to see men from village tribes, who formerly would have killed each other, after finding Christ as Saviour, sitting down to gether peacefully to study God’s Word. It was my privilege in this re mote area of the world to hold a week’s Bible conference with these people. Not too far away there was a small village called Paradise, on the island of Taiwan. Adjoining the com munity was a “holy” lake, on the shores of which was a very sacred place where a “god” lived. The sad part of it all is the fact that this god was a tree, which had died sever al years before. It just fell over and was no more. What a strange situa tion ! Here was Paradise with its sacred lake and a god who had died. The people had placed a little stone marker as a memorial to the depart ed deity. There was no one now to worship or to whom to pray. Looking at this pathetic sight, I just had to stop and praise God for my own faith. We know that our God is alive, despite what some liberal theologians might say. We have a God who is still on the throne! We have a Saviour who died on the cross. How tremendous this is! Yet there’s something tragic here. I meet some Christians who know God, and love the Lord Jesus Christ, but that’s about the extent of their concern. When they think of their salvation, they think of the death of Christ. Listen to the positive word in Reve lation 1:18 from our Saviour, “I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen.” Here’s the glory of our faith : we have a Saviour who rose again. How much does the risen Christ mean to you? God’s salvation is two fold. Part of my salvation comes
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