Section 8
lived on earth to establish a pattern of salva tion, was crucified, and was raised and exalted according to the divine standard, He became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). As such a Spirit, He has entered into us and now dwells in us as the all-inclusive, processed God. His operation within us is based on the fact that He has regen erated us and deposited into us His divine life with the divine nature. This is the greatest wonder in the universe! After setting up the pattern and establishing the standard, God put His life and nature into us. Now He is motivating, operating, and energizing within by His divine life and na ture according to the pattern with the standard. When we call on the Lord or pray to the Father, we experience this inner operation.
We have seen that the first aspect of the divine provision for our constant salvation is the pattern with the standard and that the sec ond aspect is the inward operation of the God who became incarnate, died on the cross, and was resurrected and exalted. This God has come into us to live out this pattern in us. First He re generated us, imparting His divine life with the divine nature into us to make us God-men, chil dren of God. Now He dwells in us to operate in us continually. Because we have the indwelling