et your affection on things above ... for ye
died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Col. 3:2,3).
The spiritual recession that occurs after the
early joys of the new birth is not necessarily back-sliding at all. The
discovery of the sinful old man is the first and foremost step in the discovery
of the righteous Christ-life.
"We are more disposed to be occupied in
telling the Father what we are in ourselves, than to allow Him to tell us what
we are in the Lord Jesus Christ. So often the believer is more taken up with
his own self-consciousness than with the Father's scriptural revelation of
Himself. His revelation is one thing; my self-consciousness is quite
another."
"It gladdens the heart to hear the new
convert speak of the blessings he has received, and of his new-found joy in
those blessings; but we can often see very distinctly that he is wrapping all
these benefits of grace round himself, and we feel pretty sure that he will
have to learn some lessons presently that will take the shine out of him. He
will have to learn what a poor wretched thing he is, as in the flesh, that his
heart may be transferred to a new center altogether.
"Nothing can be more distasteful to a
spiritual mind than to hear people professedly giving a Christian testimony
which begins and ends with themselves. It is for the effectual displacement of
all this, and to transfer the heart to an entirely new center, that the
revelation of the old man is divinely necessary for our souls. The Father has
to come in and detach us from that which is our natural center, that He may
link our affections with another Person - even with the glorified Lord Jesus
Christ - and make Him everything to our hearts, so that our association with
Him may be known, and may become the deep, abiding joy of our souls."
-C.A.C.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and
blessing" (Rev. 5:12).
How God Saves Men
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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