Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
WATCHMAN NEEThe Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
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