by T. Austin-Sparks
From messages given in 1946, the first chapter was published in the AWAT magazine Vol. 24-2. Remaining chapters were edited and supplied by the Golden Candlestick Trust.
God has introduced into this universe a new order of man. Christ is the first and the type of a new order. The Holy Spirit has come to generate a new family after that unique order of Christ, that distinct and different kind that God has introduced. And it is just the practical meaning of that which is of such importance and account to us. Everything will depend upon our recognition and apprehension of that as to what kind of people we are going to be as Christians, whether we are just going to be Christians in the sense of members of the Christian religion, accepting and believing certain truths and doctrines, or whether we are going to be children of God and become sons of God. There is all the difference between those two things, between belonging to Christianity and being children of God.
