That young fellow had gotten Chris tianity in its proper perspective. He had seen that life was really Christ living in him. He was only to be the outward manifestation of His redeemed creation. When the Lord comes into a person, He does so to live His life through them. Sometimes I think we miss this great truth by trying to make salva tion complicated. Christ resides in us so that in the ordinary situations and circumstances of life we can be victorious. He must be the ma jor fact and not the secondary. He is not there as a point of refer ence or a silent partner, but the One who, in all things, has the su premacy. C. T. Studd was the founder of the World-Wide Evangelization Crusade. He regarded the essence of his ministry as being a mission ary. He had been in China, then an independent missionary in In dia for another 10 years, and fin ally, when he was really an invalid, he went to the heart of Africa to the Belgian Congo. The mission he founded is now operating in about 40 different lands with over 1000 missionaries. His testimony was, "From hence forth I live and I die out here in the Congo for one thing and one thing only. I want to see Jesus Christ running about in black bodies." That is a quaint way of putting it, and yet it reveals a complete dedication of heart. Jesus Christ must live His life through us. When Pentecost came for the apostles it meant that which had been outside of themselves had now become the internal factor of their daily existence. Cod had truly come to live in them. There are some startling state ments the Saviour made, "The Son can do nothing of Himself." Christ Page 29
that the Almighty, through His Holy Spirit, comes to live in His re deemed humanity. It is not God for man, but God in man. One of the key phrases of the New Testa ment is "in you." So often our services are started by some well-meaning person who intones, "Lord, wilt Thou be with us during this service?" This im plies that there is some question. For all who have accepted Him by faith, He is always with us. Paul, in his personal testimony to the Gala tians speaks of his conversion as God revealing His Son in me as being the primary purpose. The Lord's life was lived out through Paul's humanity. It was God's work ing, not Paul's working for God. In Galatians 2:20, Paul gives a striking testimony of his life in Christ. While he is alone, yet that life is completely wrapped up in the indwelling presence by the Sav iour. This verse shows true eman cipation and freedom to live. Paul says "It is not I living, but another One living in me; and I am the means of His love being shed abroad. To the Apostle, Christ was the major factor. Some years ago here in Los An geles I went to a large youth gath ering with my teenage son. I sat there hardly expecting anything profound. I had to be humbled and soon was. There were a number of young people who gave their tes timonies. One of the lads was in troduced as the president of his high school student body. When he came to say what was on his heart he explained, "I want to cor rect a mistake about my position. The real fact is that Jesus Christ is the President of the student body counsel. I simply have the great privilege of being His assistant."
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