Every true child of God must have a definite individual Christian character which is not dependent for its existence upon the spiritual life of any other Christian. He must from the Word of Truth, proclaimed and exemplified by other Christians, draw those principles of life, etc., which give him an established character, a spiritual individuality of his own. So positive and definite should be the spiritual individuality of everyone, that, should even the beloved brother or sister whose spiritual life first nourished ours and brought us forward to completeness of character fall away (which the Apostle shows is not impossible, Heb. 6:4-6; Gal. 1:8), we would still live, being able to appropriate for ourselves the Spirit of Truth.
The "Christ in you," the new creature, was promised to be in the hearts and minds of God's Gospel-Age Spirit-begotten people, giving both hearts and minds new capacities, spiritual in their scope. It was to be the holy anointing, fitting them for their earthly and heavenly offices. This is the mystery of God, the mystery of all mysteries, that Christ was to consist of many members — Jesus the Head member and the Church the Body members. High, holy and heavenly was to be this glorious "Christ in you." Its possession was to be the basis for the hope of glory, the hand payment of the inheritance—the Divine heart and mind, a part of the inheritance promised to the saints.
REPRINTS
Matt. 3:16; Acts 10:38; 2:1-4; 10:45-47; 2 Cor. 1:21; 1 John 2:20, 27; 1 Cor. 12:12, 13; 15:23; Gal. 3:16, 29; Eph. 4:13, 23, 24; Col. 1:23; 1 Pet. 4:13; Heb. 3:14; Rom. 8:10; John 14:19; 17:23, 24; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:21; 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 3:16; John 15:2-7; Rom. 12:4, 5; 1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 6:3; 13:14; Gal. 3:26, 27; 2 Cor. 5:17; Col. 3:10; Rom. 8:4, 5.
