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  (4.) GAL_2:20 : 'CHRIST LIVETH IN ME.'
  by F.B. Meyer
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of having a deeper,
spiritual connection with Christ, rather than just imitating Him, and
explores the possibility of Christ dwelling in us through the Holy
Spirit.

Topics: "True Religion", "Indwelling of Christ"
Scripture References: John 14:17, John 15:5, Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 3:17, Philippians 1:21, Colossians 1:27, 1 John 4:15

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F.B. Meyer shares a profound encounter on a train, discussing the
limitations of imitating Christ versus experiencing His indwelling
presence. He emphasizes that true religion is not merely imitation but a
binding of the heart to the Lord, allowing Christ to live through us by
the Holy Spirit. Meyer reflects on the transformative power of having
Christ dwell within, enabling believers to express a life that mirrors
His own. He concludes with the powerful truth that being joined to the
Lord makes us one spirit with Him, highlighting the intimate
relationship believers can have with Christ.

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CONTENT
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One day when traveling by train, a young man sat opposite me in the car,
reading Thomas a Kempis' "Imitation of Christ." I knew the book, and sat
beside him and said: "A grand book." He said: "Yes." Said I: "I have
found something better." "Better?" "Yes." "How?" "Better for me, because
I was always a poor hand at imitation. I imitated the minister with whom
I settled from college, and nobody but myself and my wife ever guessed
that my sermons were imitations of his. When I was a boy, my father had
me taught drawing, and my master put before me something, and my copy
needed to have letterpress underneath to state it was an imitation of
the copy.

And when I sat down to imitate Christ, no one could have guessed what I
was trying to attain. But," said I, "my young friend, if my drawing-
master could have infused the spirit of his skill into my brain and
hand, he could have drawn through me as fair a drawing as his own; and
if my great and noble friend could have only put his spirit into me, why
should I not have spoken even as he? And if instead of imitating Christ
far away in the glory, He will come by the Holy Ghost and dwell in me,
by His grace He shall work through my poor yielded life, a life
something like His own fair life."

Christ liveth in me. Many have no idea what religion is. Religion,
religo, a Latin word meaning "I bind,"--it is the binding of the heart
to the Lord. :No, I recall that; it is better: "He that is joined to the
Lord is one spirit." O Christ, Thou art one with me, to make me one with
Thee world without end!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/fb-meyer/4-gal-220-christ-liveth-in-me/
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