CHRIST IN YOU
Most who call themselves Christian also say Christ lives in their hearts. (Co. 1:27) Few ever think of what that means or how Christ gets into their hearts. And yet, the truth is simple. Before we can be born again, the Father must draw us. (Jn. 6:44) He draws us, or leads us, by speaking to us through the Bible or one of the ways mentioned in the Bible. We hear, and faith comes. Faith gives us access to grace, and grace in us confesses that Jesus is Lord as we yield our mouths and tongues to His grace. (Ro. 10:9-10) It’s that simple. When the Father speaks His Word, He speaks Jesus Christ (the Word of God) into our hearts. If that seems fantastic, consider that God spoke and everything in the universe came into existence. We can now see how Jesus got into our hearts to live there when the Father spoke the Word into our hearts with creative power. And yet, we each had to yield to Him or we would not have received it. That holy Seed landed on good ground, or none of us could have said, “Jesus is my Lord.” (1 Co. 12:3)