Exchanged Spirit Life

The following is from the "Editor's Note" in the Vol. 35, Number 4 2019 issue of The Intercessor magazine:

“Yes, in me, in me He dwelleth—
I in Him and He in me!”

"So   begins   the   poem   by   [Horatius] Bonar, a Scottish Christian poet of the 19th century.

"Much of the talk in modern day churches centers around us 'needing to  be more Christ-like'  or  'seeking Christ to guide us' through tough decisions and hard times—as if He is outside of us, holding our hand.

"But when going to the Bible for answers on how to live victoriously, the language is very different. We read about becoming a new creation—the   old   is   gone,   the   new   has come (2 Cor. 5:17), being crucified with Christ and Christ living in us (Gal. 2:20), being united with Christ in His death and resurrection (Rom. 6:5), being dead to sin but alive to God in Christ (Rom. 6:11), and of Christ in you, the hope of glory (Col. 1:27).

"The New Testament tells us very clearly that the answer to right living is an exchanged spirit life and Christ Spirit-union."