The Changed Life
The Christian life is a changed life. There is no change in nature so marked and definite. The changing of winter into summer; of night into day; of sickness into health; of blindness into sight; of the grain into a living plant—all these changes are less distinctive than the conversion of a soul from sin into grace. True, we look upon the same form and face, but the old life is gone and a new life is created. He is a new creation. Old things, the old life, is passed away and all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). It is a passing from death to life; a transition from darkness to light; a translation from Satan’s kingdom into the Kingdom of Christ (Colossians 1:13).
The Christian life is the life of Christ in a human life. “I live,” says Paul, “yet not I, but it is Christ that lives in me” (Galatians 2:20). Oh, how very much this means. The Christian can say in truth, “Christ lives in me. The life I live is not mine but Christ’s.” This is not a witness in word only, but his daily walk is a living testimony to the same. Is this true in your life? Is Christ in every act you perform?
The Christian is a revelation of the Christ. His character is the character of Christ. Jesus dwells and walks in the heart and life of the Christian. This means that He will live in him and do all things through him that He wills. He will think His thoughts in him; speak His words in him; live His life in and through him, work out His will in him.