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SUMMARY:
Christ died on the cross and it was a provision for all mankind to walk in His footsteps and to die out to the Adamic nature. How do we respond to that? What do we do in order to see the cross experience fulfilled in our lives?
SHOW NOTES:
A believer will be brought to the point where he knows he is falling short and is living too much in the flesh.
A devastation can come where you can't even do the things that are in your heart.
It's important to remember that the Lord is the One who is doing the work.
We may think we know what He is doing and try to accomplish the experience our own way, but it won't work.
The Apostle Paul was really expressing the submission and obedience that he lived by, when he summarized it: “I die daily.”
An example of how difficult this cross experience can be was exemplified by Abraham when he was given a word to take his son, Isaac, up the mountain and sacrifice him. Even though God stopped Abraham from completing that act, that truly was a cross experience for Abraham.
QUOTATIONS:
Religion always wants to take the cross and say, okay, I've got to identify with this cross and let it crucify me.
We have to remember that He's the One doing the work, not us.
We don't go forward at all until we continue to die out, because it's all about Him moving through us.
I don't really think that we have the ability to do the work God is asking to be done, because I think He has to finish the work.
What is the cross, you know, that God brings? It's often a thing that you don't want to hear.
In other words, you submit to His will, to His Lordship, and allow Him to complete the work.
I submit my spirit to the death process of the cross daily, but I don't do the work, because that's God's business, not mine.
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