The Vine and Its Branches (Continuation)

The branch, as we said in our former article, is an outgrowth of the vine from which it derives the vital saps necessary for life. Now the believer, as we have seen, is no outgrowth of Christ. Nevertheless the be­lievers are peculiarly vitally connected with him. The connection is of such a character as to constitute Him and them an organism. For He has our human nature. In this nature He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. In this nature He bore our...