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The Law Of The Spirit

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)

We speak about natural laws.What are natural laws? Take the law of nourishment. Provided thatlaw is complied with, honored; and at the right time the body isgiven what it needs, not more, not less; the law of nourishmentdeals with that and quite spontaneously works out in development,growth, to express itself in various ways. It is the working of anatural law spontaneously. You do not sit down with the law, andwatch it, and worry about it. What you do is to feed yourself,and leave all the rest to the law. If you violate the law youknow all about it, but acting rightly in relation to the law youwill not be fretting all day long about the law of nourishment,you will simply be taking your meals and getting on with yourwork. The result is that you are able to work, able to go on; youare nourished.

The law of the Spirit of Life inChrist is like that. It is a law of Life, and it works out in apractical way when respected and honored. It works outspontaneously in certain directions. It has its own results quitenaturally. The law of the Spirit of Life in Christ is that law bywhich we become aware. That is the simplest way of puttingthings. The Lord Jesus knew that at a certain time He could notact, could not speak; He had no movement of the Spirit inquickening, no Life to do so at that time; in His spirit therewas no movement of Life; the law was not active in the positiveway. But when the Father, Who knew what was required in speech oraction, saw that the time had come, He did not bend down andspeak with an audible voice into His ear, and say, "Now is thetime! Say this! Do that!" He simply quickened Him inwardly. Thelaw of Life became active in that direction, and He knew by aninward quickening what the mind of God was. That is what Paulmeans when he says, "The mind of the Spirit is Life."

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.

Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. § I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’

Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? § Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. § In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.

The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness, and assurance forever. § Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. § Peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come.

Isa. 26:3; Ps. 55:22; Isa. 12:2; Matt. 8:26; Phil. 4:6,7; Isa. 30:15;  Isa. 32:17; John 14:27; Rev. 1:4

Do not let the sun go down on your wrath.

If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother … “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” § And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. § Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

Eph. 4:26;  Matt. 18:15,  Matt. 18:21,22;  Mark 11:25;  Col. 3:12,13;  Eph. 4:32;  Luke 17:5

Source Of Sin

I am a sinful man, O Lord" (Luke 5:8).

When the believer first becomes aware of the sinful self-life, he often makes the mistake of attempting to deal with its symptoms. He struggles to curb his sins and tries to live righteously. The resultant failure leads him to reliance upon the work of the Cross, which is effectively applied to the root of the matter by the Holy Spirit. The old life is crucified; the new life is manifested."We are apt to think that what we have done is very bad, but that we ourselves are not so bad. God is taking pains to show us that we ourselves are wrong, fundamentally wrong. The root trouble is the sinner; he must be dealt with. Our sins are dealt with by the Blood, but we ourselves are dealt with by the Cross. The Blood procures our pardon for what we have done; the Cross procures our deliverance from what we are." -W.N.

"It is for want of a complete or adequate realization of the meaning of the Cross, that so many Christians are carnal, or try to live for God out of themselves. This goes to the root of the everpresent weakness and poverty of spiritual life. There is much prayer for revival,' and much effort for the deepening of the spiritual life.' The only answer to this is a new knowing of the Cross, not only as to sins and a life of victory over them, but as to Christ as supplanting the natural man." -T. A-S.

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (Jer. 17:9).

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