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I am meeting in the local church in Atlanta, Georgia. Thirty years ago, I got saved in a denomination and I met with them for a while. Then thirteen years ago, I was led to the local church. When I started meeting with the local church, I began to realize the indwelling of Christ in me, and now I can testify that I have grown much in the spiritual life. Once I tried to think about God, to worship God, to make God happy, and to glorify God. Also I tried to do good and to love others. If I committed a sin I would repent and try not to commit it again; and I prayed to the Lord to help me. But my trying not to sin was nothing different from living an ethical life. To be pious, holy or spiritual, I wanted to follow the Bible and I took the Bible as a guide. I wanted to have power or to do miracles. When any miracle happened, I was easily moved. Philippians 2:13a says: ```For it is God who operates in you.'' Galatians 2:20 says: ``I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.'' Hebrews 13:21b says: ``doing in us that which is well pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ.'' Paul did not live in his own faith. He lived in the faith of the Son of God. This shows me what kind of faith I need. This faith is not something of me, rather, it is the faith of the Son of God. What I need is not only the faith in Christ but also ``the faith of Christ''. I can live in this faith, because God put the Spirit of the Son of God into my heart and He dwells in me and make my spirit the spirit of faith.
Day by day, when I contact the Word and take the Word prayerfully, so, the Word of God becomes the Spirit and the Spirit becomes my living faith, by which I can live Christ and enjoy Him and express Him. I can live in the faith of God! This is the secret to enjoying Christ and to experiencing the indwelling Christ.
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