Written by D.T. Niles (1908-1970), an author, ecumenical leader and evangelist in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). This is adpted from his book “Upon the Earth.”
The phrase that Paul uses, to describe the Christian experience, is the phrase “in Christ.” Christ is not a person in the past tense only. He is present Lord, and the Lord who is to come. To be “in Christ,” therefore, is to live by all that He has done, to be involved in all that He is doing, and to prepare for all that He will do.. Love is the very method of inheritance. It is the way by which one enters into and abides in the world-embracing love of God…Love is the way by which one enters into and lives in the light. It is the way by which one passes from the sphere of death into the sphere of life. It is the way by which one comes to the knowledge that this transition from darkness to light, from death to life, has taken place in one’s life.
Let us give thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. [Colossians 1:12-14]
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