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Christ Indwelling 50
Let's be honest, without the personal indwelling of Christ there can be no part in the Mystical Body. She cannot exist for sects that deny Christ's lordship because Jesus is not present in individuals there. No Christ therefore no Christian! No Christian therefore no Body of Christ! Communion is actual for a Christian prisoner of conscience in a frozen Siberian labor camp because, and only because, Christ is burning in the warmth of that person's heart. "When I am by myself, I am the entire Body of Christ" 1
The solitary individual believer shivering in a dark prison cell and two thousand worshipping followers in a cavernous cathedral both know the indwelling of Jesus! When Christ comes into a person's heart, nothing will ever be the same again. A spiritual implosion destroys the old to create the new! God's chain reaction detonates atomically in our cells when we become part of the Mystical Body. Dr. Paul Brand suggests, "As a result of this stuff-exchange, we carry within us not just the image of, or the philosophy of, or faith in, but the actual substance of God."2
1Michael Peers, the former Anglican Primate of Canada 2Dr. Paul Brand
"The Mystical Body of Jesus Christ in Me."
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