If you have Christ, you have Him not only for atonement, but as your very life. As born into this world, I have got an old, natural life that loves evil and grows in strength and capacity for self-will.
In Christ there is this new life produced which develops in proportion as Christ is the object on which I feed and look to for every step of my life.
As I meditate upon Christ’s words and ways, the Holy Spirit communicates power to my life as a believer. The words of our blessed Lord Jesus are spirit and life. His words not only produce life, but they sustain life, giving it energy and vigor.
W. Kelly (Christian Truth; adapted)