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Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23, “Take Up Your Cross,” Explained.
“We take our stand at the cross and consent to be nailed to it, voluntarily, actually; to submit to the pain whereby the flesh dies; the hands are pierced that carnal work may no longer be done in the energy of the flesh; the feet are pierced that no longer we may walk according to the flesh; the brow is pierced with the thorn crown that our head may not any longer be held up for human diadems and fading laurel wreaths; the side is pierced that the heart may relinquish its fleshly energy and preference, and be occupied with God.” A. T. Pierson Please follow and like us:
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Hebrews 4 Sabbatism: The Rest Which Is Christ
Imagine a Sabbath which is not temporal: not a day, not a practice, not a law. Imagine a Sabbath Who is a Person. Imagine this Person has given His wholeness in place of your brokenness. Imagine this Person says His work is finished. Imagine this Person is Your God. This is the rest which is Sabbatism. “There remains then a sabbatism to the people of God. For he that has entered into his rest, he also has rested from his works, as God did from his own. Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to…
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Becoming Nothing Is Everything
“The life of Christ is this–negatively, that he does nothing, cares for nothing for his own sake; positively, that he cares with his whole soul for the will, the pleasure of his father.” George MacDonald (1824-1905) Please follow and like us:
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Forward in God, John Wright Follette
“Every time you have a new experience in God and there is a transition, an evolving or moving forth, God will change your diet. The diet is the revelation of the Word of God, and you will have a fresh revelation of the Word of God, and you will have a fresh revelation of truth which will be adequate to carry you through this experience. We cannot live the same life we lived a year ago. Absolutely not. The Lord says, ‘As thy days, so shall thy strength be.’ ‘Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.’ ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ God has something for your individual…