Together i Can

Good Morning God
Oswald Chambers - his book – My Utmost for His Highest - October 28, 2024.
Justification by faith

“If we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life” (Romans 5:10)

We are born disobedient and enemies of God because of sin, living to self and rejecting God.
To be reconciled with God, we must die to self and be reborn Spiritually in the image of God, Jesus Christ.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6)

O.C. - I am not saved by believing – I simply realize I am saved by believing.
And it is not repentance that saves me – repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus.
The danger here is putting the emphasis on the effect, instead of on the cause
Is it my obedience, concentration, and dedication that makes me right with God.
It is never that.
When I turned to God and by belief accept what God reveals, the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ instantly places me into a right relationship with God.
The Spirit of God brings justification with a shattering, radiant light, and I know that I am saved, even though I don’t know how it was accomplished.
The salvation that comes from God is not based on human logic, but on the sacrificial death of Jesus.
Sinful men and women can be changed into new creations, not through the repentance or their belief, but through the wonderful work of God in Christ Jesus.
The uncomfortable safety of justification and sanctification is God himself.
The supernatural becomes natural to us through the miracle of God, and there is the realization of what Jesus Christ has already done – “it is finished!” (John 19:30)

God is Sovereign, however, through His Sovereignty He provided a way for humanity to be reconciled to Him.
That “way” that He chose, was to sacrifice His only Son on a Cross for our redemption.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:18)

Together (by recognizing the Sovereignty of God) i Can

Good Morning God
Oswald Chambers - his book – My Utmost for His Highest - October 22, 2024
The Witness of the Spirit

“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit …. “ (Romans 8:16)

One of the most mysterious things that God does is the interface between our human nature and our Spiritual nature via the Holy Spirit.
A person who has yet to experience that awakening will continue to rely upon their human nature in conducting their life.

O.C. - We want the witness of the spirit before we have done what God tells us to do.
Why doesn’t God reveal Himself to you?
He cannot.
It is not that He will not, but He cannot, because you are in the way as long as you won’t abandon yourself to Him in total surrender.
If you receive the witness of the spirit before the reality and truth that comes from obedience, it would simply result in sentimental emotion.
As soon as you abandon your reasoning and arguing, God witnesses to what He has done, and you are amazed at your total disrespect in having kept Him waiting.
The Spirit of God witnesses to the redemption of our Lord, and nothing else.
He cannot witness to our reason.
The Spirit witnesses only to His Own Nature and to the work of redemption, never to our reason.

When relying upon our human nature it is very difficult to acknowledge the evil within us.

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. (Romans 5:19)

Together (through total surrender of body and will to God) i Can