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Chapter 20: Oneness with Christ in Prayer When we come to consider prayer in the light of "Co-crucifixion," as this position may be denominated, we find that prayer first comes to its own on this basis. Prayer is nothing if it is not communion, and true communion is only possible when the "old-life" which cannot have fellowship with God, inasmuch as in Christ it was condemned and potentially put to death, is terminated. The reason why many are finding prayer so unsatisfactory

Chapter 19: Ministering and Missionary Endeavors in Oneness with Christ It is in the field of missions and missionary endeavor that the effect of this union with Christ (or lack thereof) is most telling. It is here that I have myself put to the test this principle of Participation and Identification with Christ in death and resurrection. In testimony meetings, scripture study classes and gatherings, it is easy to see by the words spoken and the superficiality or depth of tes

Chapter 18: The Church (The Bride of Christ) In Oneness with Christ That the position which we have been considering is revolutionary, involving radical adjustments in all phases of the Christian life, we would not deny. As never before, "old things are passed away and all things are become new." The believer becomes "a new creature," the old life having been terminated by participation in the Cross of Christ, an ever- deeper participation in which, results in an ever-fuller

Chapter 17: A Case of Discovery and Experience of Living “IN” Christ The value of any principle in the realm of religion and ethics can only be determined by its bearing upon richness of life experience. Human happiness must be the standard of measurement. Is there real dynamic in it for the ennoblement of life, and for the fulfillment of man's deepest spiritual aspirations – at least for those who actually choose to Be Spiritual? When we apply this principle of “participatio

Chapter 16: Christ's Appearing Is Our Appearing We have not yet exhausted the deep veins of purest gold to which this principle of participation has led us. In a sense, the most sublime of all its aspects has to do with the future developments of Christ’s Eternal life IN us and we IN Him. There is the great fact of the Savior’s coming about which the New Testament has so much to say. We are told to watch and pray, for we know not what hour our Lord may come (Matt. 26:41). We

Chapter 15: Christ's Sufferings Is Our Sufferings “It is striking how over and over this understanding of “Participation with Christ” appears in the New Testament. We are told that we are made partners of Christ. In Romans 6, we are given to understand that His Cross is our Cross; His tomb, our tomb. In Ephesians 2, we are made to see that in Him we were raised from the dead and actually made to sit with Him in heaven. Not only that, we are assured again and again that Christ

Chapter 14: Christ's Victory Is Our Victory (Part 2) We are all very much at sea as touching this dark subject. Among present-day Christian leaders, teachers, and preachers none seem to be willing to risk their reputation by entering into this matter. Yet, there is no greater need in the Church today than that of light on this intricate question. Witness the "isms" springing up, all under the eaves of the Church. Strange doctrines that have to do with the gifts of the Spirit,

Chapter 13: Christ's Victory IS Our Victory At no time in the Christian’s pilgrimage is he free from peril. Temptations of every hue beset his path. The farther along the road, and the greater the grace, the more subtle the snares, and the more intense the opposition. It was at the end of the road in the hour of greatest achievement, in the moment of loftiest spiritual attainment, that the Savior experienced the sharpest and grimmest conflict; and so it is with the bride of C

Chapter 12: Christ's Ascension IS Our Ascension This principle of participation -- Oneness with Christ -- has reaches so unfathomable that not even the spiritual man finds it easy to scale the heights and grasp its full meaning. We stand overawed. We stagger. Faith wavers. The whole church staggers like a drunken man under self-condemnation because of our vanity in teaching that we are here to imitate Christ and that we can by our own efforts and good works, reap great rewar