‘The answer to Nicodemus’ question, “How can a man
be born when he is old?” is: Only when he is willing to die to everything in
his life, including his rights, his virtues, and his religion, and becomes
willing to receive into himself a new life that he has never before experienced
(John 3:4). This new life exhibits itself in our conscious repentance and
through our unconscious holiness.’ CHAMBERS
The greatest struggle that Christians face, in my
opinion, is letting go of their old life.
It is one thing to say yes to Jesus and receive the Spirit of God in
you. It is another thing to let go of
the old life and walk in the Spirit. Paul wrote to the Galatians – “But
I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the
Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you
from doing the things you want to do.” Jesus told the rich
young ruler to sell everything and follow Him.
He said that in comparison to our love for Him we had to hate other
things about our lives.
Do you love Jesus like that? Or instead do you put
other things ahead of Him? I say this
because it is a challenge for us. We
must be on our guard or before we know it, we will compromise our faith .. and
stop walking after the Spirit, but be convinced that we still are – after a
fashion.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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