Although He was weak when He was nailed to the cross, He now lives
by the power of God. We are weak, just as Christ was. But you will see that we
will live by the power of God, just as Christ does. 2 Corinthians 13:4
One of the most damaging things in the realm of God's work, a
thing which eventually leads to shame and confusion and much sorrow, is Natural
Soul Force projected by strong-willed, determined, aggressive Christians who
have not come to a spiritual state where they are able to discriminate between
stubborn indomitableness, personal determination and resolution, and which is
altogether another thing: spiritual grace in endurance, perseverance, and
Divine in-strengthening. The Lord has often to break the former to make place
for the latter. Do not talk about Paul's wonderful will to go through. Let Paul
talk to you about the Lord's wonderful grace to continue.
Whenever a man or a woman really recognizing the truth that
Calvary means the end of "I" commits himself or herself to the Lord
to work it out, the flame of the sword will come round to the point where that
"flesh" would seek to enter into the realm where the first Adam no
longer has any standing. The features of a personal strength of will are
hardness, coldness, death, resentment of interference, suspicion of rivals,
intolerance of obstructers, detachment, independence, secretiveness, heat, etc.
While spiritual strength is always marked by love, warmth, life, fellowship,
openness, confidence, and trust in the Lord.... At the end, in the Revelation,
the dragon, the whole power of Satan is overthrown by the Lamb. The Lamb is the
synonym for weakness and yieldingness. If the weakness of God can do this
mighty destruction, what can His strength not do? Paul says of Christ that
"He was crucified through weakness," and, he adds, "we also are
weak with Him." Yes, but he also says, "by the Cross He
triumphed." Triumphed through weakness!
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