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The
Christian
"The disciples were called Christians first in
Antioch." Acts 11:26. The Christian is man in his
completeness. He is not something more than man, neither
is he something less, but man in his perfect manhood.
"Ye are complete in Him." The Christian is not
an addition to man's manhood, but he is the true type of
manhood. To not be a Christian is to be something less
than man. Such are below the standard. They are rejected.
When man measures to the stature of the fullness of
Christ, he also measures to the fullness of himself. He
who does not measure to the fullness of Christ has not
risen to the fullness of manhood. When we say, "Be a
man," it means in the full sense, "Be a
Christian." There is no difference between the laws
of Christ written in the Gospel and those written in the
heart and mind of man. The one answers to the other. Do
you ever check up? When the Christian transgresses the law
of the Gospel, he transgresses the law of his being. The
life of a Christian is not the outflowing of the laws of
the Gospel, but the outflowing of the laws of his own
being, and since these are identically the same, the
Christian life is an outward expression of Gospel law.
Holy living is Gospel living.
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