Waggoner on the Gospel of John - Ellet J. Waggoner

orn in us, He provides for a new birth, direct from
Himself, which will make us strong where we were
weak by nature. We are "heirs of God," of His
Person and character, of all that He is and has. We
cannot understand it, but the knowledge and belief
of the fact makes us "strengthened with all might
according to His glorious power."
Jesus spoke of Himself as "the Son of Man,
which is in heaven," yet He was at that very
moment talking to Nicodemus. He was always "in
the bosom of the Father," so that we may know that
He is with us now that He has ascended to heaven;
and more, that we may see the possibility of
dwelling in the secret place of God. He who abides
in God can speak of heavenly things as of that
which he knows and understands. There is no
uncertainty in his testimony.
Everybody who is saved must believe many
things that he cannot explain to anybody, not even
to himself. How often the Bible teacher is met with
the challenge or request to "harmonize" two
statements in the Bible. "How can these things be?"
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