Archive for December 2010
The Cross Versus the Self-Life (Part 2 of 2)
Now comes the third point. What are we to do to get rid of it (self)? Jesus answers us in the words of our text: “If any man will come after me, let him take up his cross and follow me.” Note it well.–I must deny myself and take Jesus himself as my life,–I must…
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“If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24). Let us dwell upon this one word, “self.” It is only as we learn to know what self is that we really know what is at the root of all our failure, and are…
Read MoreAppropriating Christ Jesus (Part 2 of 2)
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 This thought [of appropriating Christ in sanctification] is also confirmed by experience. A little group of earnest men were gathered not long ago around a fire,…
Read MoreAppropriating Christ Jesus (Part 1 of 2)
Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.— Romans 13:14. At the beginning of the Christian life, for the most part at least, we try to imitate Jesus Christ. There is Scriptural warrant for our doing so. And the time will never come when we may not look up to Him as our model and ideal,…
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