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
This particular leg of my journey began a few years ago. I had started to become a little disillusioned with ‘church’ as in the routine of going to a building on a Sunday week after week.
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