God speaks today Tuesday | June 11, 2024
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
(Isaiah 55:8)For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
(Romans 7:18) The complex process of sanctification
Sometimes preachers simplify and glorify sanctification, ignoring the zigzagging, long-term process that includes victories and setbacks. The apostle Paul also struggled with the urge to sin. Christians often hide any contradictions to the promises of power and victory in God's word. However, God's ways are complex and seemingly contradictory, but He is sovereign and knows what He's doing. He may use defeats and failures to forge humble men and women who reflect Jesus Christ. Every experience in our spiritual journey is used by God for our improvement, even if it seems chaotic or unfair at the time. Only in hindsight can we see the display of God's love and mercy for us.
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O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
(Psalm 92:5)Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
(Psalm 40:5)That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
(John 3:6)I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
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