Christ In the Soul

“Christ in the Soul” is a form of expression which is often employed to indicate the fact of the existence, or at least of the possibility of the existence, in the human soul of pure, holy, Christ-like dispositions. It indicates something more than forgiveness, which is a work done for us rather than something done in us. It is not enough, as a portion of our personal Christian history, to know what it is to have our transgressions blotted out—in other words, to experience the pardon of past delinquencies and sins. There is something more. It is necessary, beyond and above this, to become the subjects also, by inward personal experience, of what may properly be expected as the fruits of forgiveness—such as meekness, purity, a disposition to forgive, long-suffering, love, and of any and all other graces which shine conspicuously in the life of Christ.