But the fact that Christ as the bridegroom brings forth fruit through me as the bride, through the agency of the indwelling Holy Spirit by faith, opens the way for me as a Christian to begin to know in the present life the reality of the supernatural. This is where the Christian is to live. Doctrine is important, but it is not an end in itself. There is to be an experiential reality, moment by moment.
The Francis Schaeffer Collection: True Spirituality / He Is There and He Is Not Silent (ed. NavPress, 2016) - ISBN: 9781496422705