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  IS CHRIST BORN IN US?
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of Christ being born in
our hearts, rather than just his birth in Bethlehem, for us to
experience true salvation.

Topics: "Inner Transformation", "Spiritual Renewal"
Scripture References: Matthew 2:2, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 3:17, Colossians 1:27

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the transformative power of Christ
living within us, emphasizing the importance of Christ being born in our
hearts for true fulfillment and hope of glory. The essence of the Gospel
is not just knowing what Christ has done for us externally, but allowing
Christ to be formed inwardly in our hearts, leading us from the temporal
to the eternal. Tileston encourages nurturing the desire for God in our
souls as a divine calling that will guide us to the birth of Jesus
within our own beings, bringing light to our inner darkness.

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I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me

GALATIANS 2:20

Christ in you, the hope of glory.

COLOSSIANS 1:27

THOUGH Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born,

If He's not born in thee, thy soul is still forlorn.

JOHANN SCHEMES

THE great mystery of the Gospel does not lie in Christ without us only
(though we must know also what He has done for us); but the very pith
and kernel of it consists in Christ inwardly formed in our hearts.

RALPH CUDWORTH

When therefore the first spark of a desire after God arises in thy soul,
cherish it with all thy care, give all thy heart into it; it is nothing
less than a touch of the divine loadstone, that is to draw thee out of
the vanity of time, into the riches of eternity. Get up therefore, and
follow it as gladly as the wise men of the east followed the star from
heaven that appeared to them. It will do for thee as the star did for
them, it will lead thee to the birth of Jesus, not in a stable at
Bethlehem in Judea, but to the birth of Jesus in the dark centre of
thine own soul.

WILLIAM LAW

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/is-christ-born-in-us/
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