The Lord is charity and faith in the person, and the person is charity and faith in the Lord.

It is evident from the following passages in the Word that a member of the church is in the Lord, and the Lord is in him:

Jesus said, Remain in me, and I in you. I am the vine and you are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, bears much fruit. John 15:4, 5.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. John 6:56.

On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. John 14:20.

If anyone shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. 1 John 4:15.

But the person cannot himself be in the Lord; it is the charity and faith which the Lord grants to be in a person which can, and it is these which make a human being to be essentially human. However, to throw some light upon this secret and allow the understanding to grasp it, we must study it in the following order.

(i) It is being linked with God, which affords a person salvation and everlasting life. (ii) A link is impossible with God the Father, but it is possible with the Lord, and through Him with God the Father. (iii) The link with the Lord is reciprocal, so that the Lord is in the person, and he is in the Lord. (iv) This reciprocal link is created by means of charity and faith.

The truth of these propositions will become plain from the succeeding explanation.