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Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood…”
What was true of Paul is true of each one of us. He set you aside
when you were born. In His grace He called you. Now He wants
to reveal His Son in you and then He’ll send you out.

I am Ed Miller and I’m a redeemed sinner and a lover of
the Lord Jesus. I’ve set my heart to know the Lord in every way
possible that a redeemed sinner can know the Lord on this side
of heaven. I seek Him and I pray that you are also seeking the
Lord. I wish my Lillian could have joined me. She has an illness
and is unable to travel but she promised that she will be praying
for us during these days. I’m following the suggestions of our
Brother Frederic to share fundamental truths. It’s limiting but
it’s so important to have the foundations. There are so many
foundations, it was not easy to choose which to speak on.

So, as I waited upon the Lord, I thought I would share the
foundations that have most helped me. Nothing will be new. I’m
sure you have heard all of this before. I pray that it will be alive
and fresh. The thing that is going to make it alive and fresh is
that we’ll be talking about a Person. His name is Jesus. That’s
why we’ve gathered. I pray that you’ve come to see the Lord.

The first foundation I am calling “The Exchanged Life”
and it came from a man named Hudson Taylor, a missionary to
China. He was a missionary for many years before he discovered
Christ as his life. When he discovered Christ as his life he called
it the “exchanged life”. The reason why I like that is because it
presents Jesus as a substitute. Usually we say, “When Jesus died
on the cross He was my substitute. He died in my place.” I think
all true Christians know that He died in my place. But some
Christians do not know that now He wants to live in my place.
He wants to live as my substitute.

For years I was taught that I should live for the Lord. Then
God discovered to me that He wants to live for Himself. He
doesn’t want me to live for Him. He wants to live in me. It’s a
wonderful reality and it changed my life. So, we’re going to
speaking about that exchange; His life in place of my life.