To face these days without fear we must not look to man, but to God alone Pride today is probably one of the greatest diseases. With the advent of social media and the desire to ‘be seen’ as something in other people’s eyes, has arisen a huge swathe in narcissistic attitudes. Attitudes that promote self […]
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To face these days without fear we must be repentant… Isaiah 1:16-20 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow. “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your
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Fear immobilises. Fear is the ultimate tactic of the enemy. Fear alone can shut down the whole world. As believers we are called to be fearless. Isaiah prophesised at the most crucial period in the history of Judah and Israel. The nation had succumbed to pagan worship, the wealthy oppressed the poor, families were neglected
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The taking of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil destroyed for humanity the single consciousness of good and replaced it with the divided unconscious of two opposing forces. Every known thing has a reverse side and is only known by contrast with its reverse side. Positive Negative. Light Dark.
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When we speak of the new man, we mean a people who have an entirely and radically new conception both of the powers and function of the human personality. A people ‘renewed in the spirit of their minds’. Whereas they previously thought in terms of self-sufficiency and self-effort, now they use the same language about
Our real problem has never been the sin we have committed, but the sinner who commits them. It is this infected ego, this defiled self in me, of which my sins are only an outward expression. If I lose my temper, if I hate or resent, if I lie or respond to a lust, it
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Not one grain of our recreation in Christ is attributable to man any more than our creation was. Man must learn and re-learn his eternal condition – not our past righteousness (non-existent), not our present works (wood, hay and stubble), not our future suitability (non-existent). All is His. His completed redemption. His endless mercy and
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Original Sin is independent self-hood. Egoism, self-centredness, self-seeking and self-sufficiency is all original sin. All other sins are mere expressions or manifestations of this original sin. The nothing would be something, man would be God. Lucifer went all the way in the sin of egoism. Everything is in reverse; to him evil is good and
It is a fundamental fact that God acts forever according to His eternal nature and man according to his. God forever gives, man forever receives. If we want something and it is available to us, the taking of it is automatic. It is the first activity of a new born babe to receive air and
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Sitting in the Portuguese Sun As I sat in the Portuguese, morning sun reading a book, I am surrounded by peace and beauty. The scent from garden flora and fauna lift me and invigorate me. I am content. I was reading about being a mere container for God and as I turned saw this earthen
