We are still unworthy as we kneel at His table. We do not wait to come until we feel that our heart is fit to receive Him—then should we never come—never taste the joy of His indwelling. We cannot cleanse our own hearts so as to bring Christ into them, The burden of our sins is, as we say in the confession, "intolerable," which means beyond our mending and nothing we can do can undo the past or give assurance for the future, but what we cannot do, He can and will by His Divine indwelling; We must let Him in and by His very presence cleanse our hearts. And so we pray,—'Come Lord Jesus and dwell in my heart."
"Come not to find but make this troubled heart A dwelling worthy of Thee as Thou art To chase the gloom, the terror and the sin Come, all, Thyself, yea come Lord Jesüs in."
"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ—that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith." Paul knew what this would mean to the Ephesian Christians for he had learned by blessed experience that in Christ and with Christ he could live the ever-victorious life. "Thanks be to God" he cried, "Which give th us the victory through Christ Jesus our Lord"; and again "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
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