Now we get this thing clearly.
We have the same eternal life that Jesus had, for Jesus declares, “I am the vine, ye are the branches” (John 15:5). We have the vine life in us. We have the substance in us that was in Jesus.
Jesus has become our redemption and our wisdom. Jesus now becomes the ability of God in us so that we are wiser than the adversary.
The next great fact is that we have God in us.
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. (John 14:16–17)
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (John 16:13–14)
Notice, the Spirit is to glorify Jesus in us, for He is going to take the things of Jesus and build them into us. He is going to be our teacher. But He is going to do more than that. He is going to impart the very nature of the Father in us. He is going to build into us the nature and characteristics of Christ.
The Father is love. He is going to build love into us until all our actions and words will be love-colored and love-filled.
Then He is going to be wisdom to us. The wisdom of the Father is unveiled in the Word. He is going to build wisdom into us so that we will be able to act wisely in every circumstance.
We are going to be like Jesus. We are going to have His ability and wisdom, and we will rest quietly in Him. We will have His confidence in the Father. It will no longer be a problem of faith; it will simply be a problem of recognizing the Father’s will. We will know that we have the ability to do it.
How big that will make life! How real it will make it!
The old struggle to get faith and to be good will be a thing of the past.
All this is wrought in the recreated human spirit, the hidden man of the heart.
We will be able to live and walk with the Master. He is going to open the Word to us until it will become a living reality. It will not be just a book; it will be a living thing, living and active in every phase of our daily life.
First John 4:4 will become a conscious reality to us: “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
When we awaken in the morning, we will remember, “I will conquer today, for I have His wisdom. I have His ability. I have the great mighty Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead dwelling in me. He will enable me to use the wisdom that is mine. When I act on the Word, I will do it with a sureness like the sureness that was in Jesus’s earth walk. There was no hesitancy there. He knew.
“So now, today, I will know, because all this day, the One who raised Jesus from the dead is going to be a motive force in my life. He is going to keep me quiet in hard places. He is going to give me grace. In other words, He will teach me how to enjoy the fullness of grace, the fullness of love, and the fullness of joy that are mine.”
Can you imagine any limitations or impossibilities to the believer who enjoys what I have already written?
When you realize that we have the same Holy Spirit that Jesus had, the same mighty name that the apostles had, and the same living Word, can you not see the limitlessness of this divine life?
All authority was given to Jesus in heaven and on earth. (See Matthew 28:18.) So when we pray in the name of Jesus, it moves heaven and it conquers anything on earth.
That name reaches into heaven. It is known in heaven.
A little while ago, an epileptic came to our services. He had had his disease for years and he had one of those awful seizures in our service.
I took my rights in the name of Jesus and I cast that demon out.
The man was completely healed and it has never come back. He had been unable to work. Now he is healthy, vigorous, and strong.
That is the power, authority, and ability that is wrapped up in the name of Jesus.
We have a legal right to use the name and to use the Word.
Our Legal Rights
We have a legal right to the ability that belongs to the body of Christ.
I do not know whether or not you have ever realized what it means to you to have a legal right to use the Word, to take your place as a son in the family of God, to exercise your rights
It will bring glory to the Father and joy to the heart of Jesus.
Jesus said, “The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works” (John 14:10). He said, “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63).
Now, you use that Word just as Jesus used the Father’s words. You may fearlessly cast out demons in that name. The Word declares, “In my name shall they cast out devils” (Mark 16:17).
You can fearlessly lay your hands on the sick and know they will recover just as they did when Jesus touched them, just as they did when the early church touched them.
Jesus is the Word. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).
That Word is Jesus on our lips. When you use the Word, you are using Jesus. When you speak His Word, you are speaking the very thing that Jesus would speak in your place.
Fearlessly take your place. There is nothing impossible to those who believe. You have come into the realm of miracles. Now dare to live there and enjoy your rights!