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Jesus in Us
by Rene Brown
(A note previously written to a brother in Christ in Africa.)
Dear Brother,
As I look back over my teachings for the past 17 years, I find the seed of the truth that I am seeing
now always there but the entire picture seems to be emerging on the subject of grace, complete grace, of
Jesus living in us and through us and as us so that it is more of Him and none of me. People strive to live
the Christian life only to find they cannot do it successfully. Only Jesus can live it - for us, in us, through
us, as us.
Most of us have always known that we could do nothing good enough to please God enough for us to
be forgiven all our sins and receive eternal life - it is all through the blood of Jesus His Son. Now we find
out that we also cannot do anything of ourselves or by ourselves to please Him as we attempt to live the
Christian life with Him as our Assistant as compared to Him living out His life through us, as us. What
the Father wants to see in us is His Son. That is what will please the Father - the work of His Son
working through us, as us.
Just like when Jesus was on earth He only did what the Father was doing and saying what the Father
was saying. He did nothing of Himself. Now it is our turn to do nothing of ourselves - only what we see
Him doing. We are the branches but He is the vine (John 15:1-8). All life comes from the vine. There is
no life in the branches apart from the vine. NONE! All the Life we have is Jesus! He said that “apart from
me you can do nothing.” But we have been trying apart from Him. We have been doing it and asking His
approval. Or when we got in over our heads in life, we asked His help! Now we see that we just have to
let Him live the Life through us.
When Jesus went to the cross, we went with Him. (Gal 2:20 NNAS) “I have been crucified with
Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me." When He died, we died.
(Yes! In the Eternal realm of God, that is possible and it happened!) That got rid of the Adamic nature in
us. We died to the Law (all law) as in Gal. 2:19. We died to sin (Romans 6:2 and 6:10). At that time, our
death separated us from the law, sin and our Adamic nature. That is what death is all about - separation.
And our death on the cross with Jesus separated us from everything that was in us from our forefather
Adam. When Jesus arose from the grave; we arose with him! We arose a New Man - really a New Man!
(Yes, in the eternal realm of God where there is no time dimension, this is entirely possible!) This new
man has a brand new spirit - not the old dead spirit that was in Adam and from Adam but a new one IN
CHRIST. This NEW MAN has a new heart just like God promised to give us in (Ezek 11:19 NNAS)
“And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out
of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh," Yes, Ezekiel saw that God was to give us a brand new heart
- that deepest part of us that is connected to God - our spirit.
This new heart wants to serve God. This new heart loves God and the things of God. Down deep
inside, in our new spirit man, we do not want to sin. God has now written His laws on our new heart. It
wants to follow God. Yes, we can sin but then we are convicted by the Holy Spirit dwelling in us and so
we repent and turn from the sin. IF WE ARE IN CHRIST - The sins we sin are not who we are. We are
this new person with this new spirit with this new heart. This NEW MAN wants to follow God and do
what God desires. [This NEW MAN (spirit man), birthed “in Christ” and in union with Christ is not and
never was a “sinner.” 1 John 3:9 “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in
him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” Man sins in his “members” as Paul says.]
by Rene Brown
(A note previously written to a brother in Christ in Africa.)
Dear Brother,
As I look back over my teachings for the past 17 years, I find the seed of the truth that I am seeing
now always there but the entire picture seems to be emerging on the subject of grace, complete grace, of
Jesus living in us and through us and as us so that it is more of Him and none of me. People strive to live
the Christian life only to find they cannot do it successfully. Only Jesus can live it - for us, in us, through
us, as us.
Most of us have always known that we could do nothing good enough to please God enough for us to
be forgiven all our sins and receive eternal life - it is all through the blood of Jesus His Son. Now we find
out that we also cannot do anything of ourselves or by ourselves to please Him as we attempt to live the
Christian life with Him as our Assistant as compared to Him living out His life through us, as us. What
the Father wants to see in us is His Son. That is what will please the Father - the work of His Son
working through us, as us.
Just like when Jesus was on earth He only did what the Father was doing and saying what the Father
was saying. He did nothing of Himself. Now it is our turn to do nothing of ourselves - only what we see
Him doing. We are the branches but He is the vine (John 15:1-8). All life comes from the vine. There is
no life in the branches apart from the vine. NONE! All the Life we have is Jesus! He said that “apart from
me you can do nothing.” But we have been trying apart from Him. We have been doing it and asking His
approval. Or when we got in over our heads in life, we asked His help! Now we see that we just have to
let Him live the Life through us.
When Jesus went to the cross, we went with Him. (Gal 2:20 NNAS) “I have been crucified with
Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me." When He died, we died.
(Yes! In the Eternal realm of God, that is possible and it happened!) That got rid of the Adamic nature in
us. We died to the Law (all law) as in Gal. 2:19. We died to sin (Romans 6:2 and 6:10). At that time, our
death separated us from the law, sin and our Adamic nature. That is what death is all about - separation.
And our death on the cross with Jesus separated us from everything that was in us from our forefather
Adam. When Jesus arose from the grave; we arose with him! We arose a New Man - really a New Man!
(Yes, in the eternal realm of God where there is no time dimension, this is entirely possible!) This new
man has a brand new spirit - not the old dead spirit that was in Adam and from Adam but a new one IN
CHRIST. This NEW MAN has a new heart just like God promised to give us in (Ezek 11:19 NNAS)
“And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out
of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh," Yes, Ezekiel saw that God was to give us a brand new heart
- that deepest part of us that is connected to God - our spirit.
This new heart wants to serve God. This new heart loves God and the things of God. Down deep
inside, in our new spirit man, we do not want to sin. God has now written His laws on our new heart. It
wants to follow God. Yes, we can sin but then we are convicted by the Holy Spirit dwelling in us and so
we repent and turn from the sin. IF WE ARE IN CHRIST - The sins we sin are not who we are. We are
this new person with this new spirit with this new heart. This NEW MAN wants to follow God and do
what God desires. [This NEW MAN (spirit man), birthed “in Christ” and in union with Christ is not and
never was a “sinner.” 1 John 3:9 “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in
him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” Man sins in his “members” as Paul says.]
