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THE EXCHANGED LIFE

WHAT I LONG TO COMMUNICATE
THROUGH MY EXCHANGED LIFE
MESSAGE

Jesus lived as God originally created and intended men to
live. He laid aside who He was by nature (the
manifestation of His Godhead), never to grasp for it or to
depend upon it again. He lived every moment depending
on the indwelling Life of His Father. He has invited us to
that same experience. We lay aside who we are by nature
(sinful flesh), never again to reach back and grasp or
depend upon it. Instead, we live every moment depending
on the indwelling life of the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus
living in us is on a quest to bring His redemption to the
world. As He lived for others in His incarnate body, He
now pours out His life through His mystical body, the
Church, to draw sinners to Himself. We do not live for
Jesus; He lives for Himself! As He once died as our
Substitute, He now lives as our Substitute. The exchange is
His life in place of mine.

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