The Lord Jesus was lifted up on the cross for the sake of giving spiritual life to men; likewise, if we desire to cause people to have spiritual life, we, too, must be lifted up on the cross so that the Holy Spirit may flow out of us as well.

Dying to the self life is not an action but a reaction to our union with Christ as we are now sacrificing our life living unto ourselves for the life of self-sacrifice for the spiritual lives of others.

The Lord Jesus has taught us that our soul life, or natural life, like a grain of wheat, should fall into the ground and die. (John 12:24)

In the minds and hearts of many believers lies an important error: the expectation that God will change us. God does not and will not ever do anything in us; instead, He will put us in Christ. If we are in Christ, all that is Christ's is ours.

The victorious life that I seek in Christ is actually something I already possess.

By believing it, you will have it. You can take hold of what He has already done in Christ by taking hold of it "in Christ". If we are in Christ, all that is Christ's is ours.

Where does Jesus promise that every believer in Him will find their purpose in Christ? -- "He that believeth in me, out of him shall flow rivers of living water" - John 7:38

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY