Section 16
and He can abide in us. In such a situation there is no place for sin, the world, Satan, the old man, or the flesh. All such things have been chased away.
I ask you to be honest and to consider your past experience. Have you not had this expe rience in the past? Deep within you there was a sweet appreciation toward the Lord Jesus, and you said, "Lord, I love You." Then the Lord said, "Since you love Me, My commandment is that you do not do this and that." You said, "Amen, Lord Jesus." Perhaps you said Amen with tears in your eyes. Immediately you had the sensa tion of His manifestation within you. You were so much in His presence. At that time you had the sensation that He was filling you up with Himself and that you were being drawn into Him. You were His abode, and He was yours. I believe that we all have had this kind of expe rience, either in a deep way or in a shallow way, either for a long time or just for a few min utes. We need to have this experience all day long.
This mutual abode is just one of the many such abodes. The abode mentioned in verse 23 is one of the many abodes found in verse 2. Do not forget that you are one of so many abodes.