The Son Living And Speaking In The Believer
THE SON LIVING AND SPEAKING
IN THE BELIEVER
The Son lives and speaks in the believer. This is a crucial point. The living Christ within us speaks constantly. He will never stop speaking. Due to the fact that we are still in a situation with so many negative things, most of the time this living Christ speaks just one word—no. From morning until evening and from evening until morning, nearly the only thing that He says to us is no. A sister may say, "I'm going to the de partment store to buy a pair of shoes," and the Lord says, "No." A brother may desire to talk to a certain person, and the indwelling Christ says, "No." Is this not your experience? I know that the indwelling Christ speaks this word to you much of the time.
THE BELIEVERS LOVING THE SON AND KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS
If we love the Lord, we will keep His com mandments (vv. 15, 21, 23). In verse 21 the Lord said, "He who has My commandments and keeps them, he is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him." If