Section 7
meaning of the Bible, you cannot stay away from the Gospel of John. The key to the whole Bible is in this book.
LIFE—CHRIST DISPENSED
We have seen that Christ is life and that the church is a building. But what is life? It is correct to say that life is Christ and that Christ is life. However, we must realize that life is Christ as God dispensed into our being. Although many Christians talk about Christ being life, not all have the experience of Christ as life. The genu ine experience of Christ as life is in the realiza tion that Christ is God Himself dispensed into our being. This is life. If you lack this realization, the word life may remain a mere term as far as you are concerned. Life is the Triune God dis pensed and wrought into our being.
Although I do not drink alcoholic beverages, we may use the illustration of drinking a glass of wine. If I were to drink a tall glass of wine, after a short period of time my complexion would become colorful because of the effect of the wine upon my system. I would be bold, happy, and blissful. That would be the result of wine becom ing life to me. However, if I only learn the mean ing of the word wine, discussing it night and day