Belief Does Not Change What Is.

They Are Equal Reality. They Are Two Streams Of Present Reality, Both Equally Promised. The Christian Dead Are Already With Christ Now, And Christ Really Lives In The Christian. Christ Lives In Me. The Christ Who Was Crucified, The Christ Whose Work Is Finished, The Christ Who Is Glorified Now, Has Promised (john 15) To Bring Forth Fruit In The Christian, Just As The Sap Of The Vine Brings Forth The Fruit In The Branch.

It Is Not Enough For The Church To Be Engaged With The State In Healing Social Ills, Though This Is Important At Times. But When The World Can Turn Around And See A Group Of God's People Exhibiting Substantial Healing In The Area Of Human Relationships In Their Present Life, Then The World Will Take Notice. Each Group Of Christians Is, As It Were, A Pilot Plant, Showing That Something Can Be Done In The Present Situation, If Only We Begin In The Right Way.

The Ordinary Christian With The Bible In His Hand Can Say That The Majority Is Wrong.

Christians, Of All People, Should Not Be Destroyers. We Should Treat Nature With An Overwhelming Respect. We May Cut Down A Tree To Build A House, Or To Make A Fire To Keep The Family Warm. But We Should Not Cut Down The Tree Just To Cut Down The Tree. We May, If Necessary, Bark The Cork Tree In Order To Have The Use Of The Bark. But What We Should Not Do Is To Bark The Tree Simply For The Sake Of Doing So, And Let It Dry And Stand There A Dead Skeleton In The Wind. To Do So Is Not To Treat The Tree With Integrity.

The Great Distinction Of A True Christian Is The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit. How Careful Should He Be, Lest Anything In His Thoughts Or Feelings Would Be Offensive To The Divine Guest.!