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    The work horse of faith….

    James 1:4 (NKJV) But let patience have [its] perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why do the words of truth put such a high value on patience having its perfect work….? It is because patience is the work horse of faith, being that...
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    Taking up one’s cross…..

    Luke 9:23 (NASB20) And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What part of our salvation are the words ‘take up his cross’ meant to portray…? The simplicity that is in Christ...
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    When a believer is tempted…..

    No worries, once you see it is you Christ took to death with Him, blessings upon blessings will be your daily portion…. Standing with you before His throne, a fellow follower, Not me
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    When a believer is tempted…..

    Well in that analogy it is the husband that died, but in that analogy it is the death of union that is that that is being brought forth as that that frees the one from the other… For the death of either party frees the other one from the union that they are under… Our death with Christ is the...
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    When a believer is tempted…..

    James 1:14 (NKJV) But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When a believer is tempted it is generally tempted with the desire towards the sin it has given way to before….. These are the strongest of temptations because the sinful...
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    The recognizing……

    2 Corinthians 13:5 (NASB20) Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are encouraged to test ourselves to see if we are in the...
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    The believer’s emulation….

    Many blessings as you, me, we all learn of Him… To the growing in Him, Not me
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    The believer’s emulation….

    John 5:30 (NKJV) “I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In these words are put forth the ultimate denial of own will, which, we as believer’s are to...
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    The deep things of God….

    1 Corinthians 2:10 (NKJV) But God has revealed [them] to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The deep things of God, how can one know when one has or is entering into the deep things of God…? There can only be one...
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    The putting on….

    Hebrews 12:2a (NASB20) looking only at Jesus,…………………….. Romans 13:14 (NASB20) But put on the Lord Jesus Christ………. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These two truths go hand in hand, for to the degree one does the looking, to that degree will one experience the putting on…. For one can not effect...
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    Subjecting oneself……

    @Citizen of the Kingdom For your writing it is obvious you take everything you read and experience before the Spirit of Christ that dwells in you so very richly, I humbly ask you take what I’m shall write before God for the same confirmation or no…. I can describe and define what it means to...
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    Subjecting oneself……

    Thank you for the encouraging words, and may we all continue to grow in Him as He forms Himself in all those that allow Him to…. Many blessings, Not me
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    Subjecting oneself……

    Romans 10:3 (NASB20) For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is this ‘subjecting oneself to the righteousness of God’…? God has stated that ‘He has shut up all in...
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    The faith that concludes…

    2 Corinthians 5:14 (NASB20) For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the faith of a Christian, one that has concluded this; that because Christ took them to death with Him, He now lives His life in...
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    The privileges of righteousness….

    Matthew 6:33 (NASB20) “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a lot of talk these days about a certain segment of society having a privilege, which is true, scripture speaks of this segment as those that...
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    The hope of faith….

    Go with what the peace of Christ in your heart is directing you to, if that is what your inner most being is saying, ignore my writings…. For to our inner witness is our growth before God…. Many blessings as we listen to that peace, a fellow believer, Not me
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    The hope of faith….

    2 Corinthians 1:8-9 (NASB20) For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our affliction which occurred in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not...
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    The listening to….

    Galatians 5:25 (NASB20) If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow the Spirit as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A question, if the answer is in the affirmative, then follows, an encouragement to the deepening of that answer… This deepening of the answer, being just another way of saying ‘let the...
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    Humble as a dead man….

    I rejoice with you in your relationship with Him, if you wouldn’t mind I taste the realness of it, a joy to taste….. Keep on keeping on and you are sure to get your ‘well done’….. It is so true there is no such miserable creature as one who is born again yet still living in known...
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    Humble as a dead man….

    Thank you very much, I too am on my course, walking (Lord willing) in all the light I see… If I might and be so bold; About 20 years ago, God (I believe with all my heart and life) He opened up to me the meaning of what it means to be dead in Christ…. My life, my Christianity took a 180, my...