Lifted Veil

I like this quote. It reminds me that the Christian life is more about being consumed with Christ and less about being consumed with me and my struggles. Yes, I fight sin. Yet beyond the the mere realm of an individualistic personal fight I enjoy, wait paitiently for, hope in, rejoice in, and set my eyes upon Jesus.  I need to allow my struggles to carry through to a deeper treasuring of Jesus Christ and all the forgiveness, righteousness and restoration stored up in Him on my behalf. 

It is all about Jesus. I’m in Christ, and the life that I live, I live by faith in Christ.  Oh, come Lord Jesus!

“I was raised in a church group with abusive and cultic tendencies called The Assembly which was deeply influenced by Keswick “higher life” teachings and piety, including its famous hymnody. We were constantly told that we needed to “get out of Romans 7? (defeated and constantly struggling with sin) and “into Romans 8? (the higher Christian life) . . . I think Christ lets us struggle with sin because he doesn’t want to let us get to the point where we think we don’t need him any more. The goal is not sinless perfection, or even reducing our sin quota. The goal is the deepening of our faith in Christ, our love for him, our enjoyment of him, and deep-seated loyalty to him. I say “loyalty” because it is too easy to say “obedience.” You can do all the right behaviors and avoid all the bad behaviors and yet not be loyal to Christ. Conversely, you can struggle with sin and be loyal to Christ. There is more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 “righteous persons” who need no repentance (Lk 15:7).”

“It was a master stroke of the Devil when he got the church and the ministry so generally to lay aside the mighty weapon of prayer.  The Devil is perfectly willing that the church should multiply its organisations and its deftly-contrived machinery for the conquest of the world for Christ, if it will only give up praying.”
R.A. Torrey