"We are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ" (1 John 5:20)
The Spirit of God has impelled me to preach and write much about the believer's conscious union with Christ - a union that must be felt and experienced. I will never be through telling about the union of the soul with the Saviour, the conscious union of the believer's heart with Jesus.
Remember, I am not talking about a "theological union" only. I am speaking also of a conscious union, a union that is felt and experienced.
I have never been ashamed to tell my congregations that I believe in feelings. I surely believe in what Jonathan Edwards termed "religious affections." That is man's perspective.
I am aware also that from God's perspective there are qualities in the Divine Being that can only be known by the heart; never by the intellect!
Long ago John wrote: "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us" (1 John 3:16). So it is best for us to confess that as humans we have difficulty in understanding what God has said when He says that He loves us!
Heavenly Father, help me to be conscious of Your presence in my life today. And I pray that others will see You through me. Amen
~A. W. Tozer~
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