| |
Dead
With Christ
"If ye be dead with Him" 2 Tim. 2:11. Think
deeply on these words. Dead with Him. What does it mean ?
There is no thought of death on the wooden cross, but
death to all living to fleshly lusts. To be dead with Him
is to be dead to all He was dead to. It cannot mean less.
He lived after the Spirit and not after the flesh. He
lived humanly but never fleshly. To live after the Spirit
is to do all things in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is
to be the energy in the speaking of every word and doing
of every deed. We are not to speak and act of ourselves,
but in the Spirit. Adam acted to the flesh which separated
him from divine life. We can live in the flesh, do things
in the flesh, and not do them for the sake of the flesh.
We can do every thing for Jesus' sake. When we do things
for the sake of the flesh, we are living to the flesh and
this is not holy living. Do not be too hasty to conclude
that you are not a Christian because you do some things
almost daily that is done to the flesh. You may speak too
idly, or too sharply, eat too much, indulge in the flesh
in too great an ease, and yet do it carelessly and
thoughtlessly and not altogether forfeit Divine life. Read
the next paragraph.
table
of contents
|
|
