TRUE FREEDOM FOR THE WILL
“I can do all things in Him that strengtheneth me.” Phil. 4:13
“To me who would do
good evil is present.” Rom. 7:21 That is the language of the man who has never
yet known perfectly the power of Christ. But the language of the man, that same
man under the dominion of Christ, is this, “I
can do all things in Him that strengtheneth me.” Phil. 4:13 I will the good,
and do the evil, until I have surrendered myself to the Lord Christ. But when I
have surrendered to Him, I will the good, and do it. Thus my will is free, for
action follows its choice. Imperfect still, at the close of every day I hasten
back to the cleft Rock, to the shelter of the blood redemption; and yet all the
way it is possible, in this life, in the power of the present Christ, not to
sin willfully.
But again: Holiness is not freedom from mistakes in
judgment; but it is freedom from the need to exercise judgment alone. Master
and Lord active from John 13:13. Luke 1:74-75. “To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before Him all our
days.” Satan being the foremost and my following his lead through my flesh with its accumulated desires.
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