_John 14:20_—“_I in you_”; _Rom. 8:9_—“_ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his_”—that this Spirit of Christ is Christ himself, is shown from _verse 10_—“_And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness_”; _Gal. 2:20_—“_I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me_”—here Christ is said to be in the believer, and so to live his life within the believer, that the latter can point to this as the dominating fact of his experience,—it is not so much he that lives, as it is Christ that lives in him. The fact that Christ is in the believer is symbolized in the Lord’s supper: “_The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?_” (_1 Cor. 10:16_). (_c_) The Father and the Son dwell in the believer. _John 14:23_—“_If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him_”; _cf._ _10_—“_Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works_”—the Father and the Son dwell in the believer; for where the Son is, there always the Father must be also. If the union between the believer and Christ in _John 14:23_ is to be interpreted as one of mere moral influence, then the union of Christ and the Father in _John 14:10_ must also be interpreted as a union of mere moral influence. _Eph. 3:17_—“_that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith_”; _1 John 4:16_—“_he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him._” (_d_) The believer has life by partaking of Christ, as Christ has life by partaking of the Father.