Chapter 10 of 12

Section 9

Section 9

I am speaking to you, He is speaking to me. I am simply a transmitter speaking whatever He speaks to me."

The Lord's word, "Because I live, you shall live also," certainly was fully fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. When Peter stood up with the eleven, that was Christ in resurrection. Peter's speak­ ing was also Christ in resurrection. If someone had asked Peter where Christ is, he might have said, "Christ is here. Don't you see me? If you see me, you see Christ because He lives in me."

THE CHRIST WHO IS RESURRECTION

Regarding our experience of Christ in res­ urrection, we may use the term "the pneumatic Christ." This expression indicates that Christ is the Spirit who gives life. The pneumatic Christ is actually the life-giving Spirit Himself, not in a doctrinal way but in an experiential way. Throughout the centuries, a number of Chris­ tian teachers have said that in our experience Christ is identical to the Spirit. Doctrinally this is difficult to explain; however, experientially we know that Christ is the Spirit living in us.

According to the New Testament, both Christ and the Spirit live in us. Do we, then, have two

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