Archive for December 2017
The Victory (Part 3)
The Threefold Means of Victory It becomes evident that the secret of victory is simply the Abiding Life. As we abide we put ourselves in the way of appropriating every provision He has made for a life of victory. Were we able perfectly to abide in Him, our life would approximate His life. Could our…
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The Three Tense Victory The very soul of our Epistle [of 1 John] is the victory of the Christian life – the victory of a genuine Christian experience. – It is victory through our Lord JESUS CHRIST. – It is victory through the HOLY SPIRIT, in the reality of the Abiding Life. – It is…
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THE VICTORY – THREEFOLD AND THREE TENSE [A Study in 1 John] “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (I John 5:4) The experience of Light, Love and Life, as depicted by the Apostle, beautiful in its simplicity and wholly satisfying, is not altogether easy of attainment. It has its enemies.…
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. . “And He has said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.’…. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses….for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.” (II Corinthians 12:9-10) There is almost no word that is so imperfectly understood in the Christian life…
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