My Journey 9/7/2010

God's insight to me:

This devotional by J. C. Philpot was excellently written. I do believe the constant turmoil that is in peoples lives today is because most have not chosen either the flesh or the Spirit but want to live a life of both. It just doesn't work that way. Even Jesus, had to be baptized of the Holy Spirit before He could perform His miracles. The flesh and the Spirit are like night and day. Earthly sin is by the flesh, the darkness, being made righteous by the Holy Spirit is the light through Jesus Christ. Again a choice. If you have not made the choice to live by the Spirit I encourage you to do so. It starts with this simple prayer;

Heavenly Father,

I come to you in prayer asking for the forgiveness of
my Sins. I confess with my mouth and believe with my
heart that Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the
Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven and have
Eternal Life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Father, I believe
that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you right now
to come in to my life and be my personal Lord and
Savior. I repent of my Sins and will Worship you all the
day's of my Life!. Because your word is truth, I confess
with my mouth that I am Born Again and Cleansed
by the Blood of Jesus! In Jesus Name, Amen.

Through The Flesh Or The Spirit

Through the flesh or the Spirit,
how do you see?
With the eyes of the flesh,
only earthly things can there be.

But with the eyes of the Spirit,
Christ always shines through.
To understand His Holiness,
only the Spirit will do.

Even Jesus Himself,
as He walked on this earth,
had to be baptized of the Spirit,
to begin His new birth.

So the decision is yours,
its all up to you.
Either live by the flesh or the Spirit,
you can’t live by both, this is so true.

E. P. Shagott
9/7/2010

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9/7

Daily Portions
A devotional by J. C. Philpot

"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit." Philemon 25

It is the regenerating breath of the Lord Jesus Christ which makes the soul alive unto himself. This is manifest from his own language: "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life" (John 6:63). Then for the first time "the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with our spirit." For you will observe that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is not with our carnal mind: that ever remains the same, a body of sin and death, flesh, corrupt flesh, "in which dwelleth no good thing," and therefore not the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. His grace is with our spirit, that "new man" of which we read that "it is after God, [that is, after the image of God] created in righteousness and true holiness." This is called our "spirit," because it is born of the Spirit, as the Lord himself unfolded the solemn mystery to Nicodemus: "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." This is no subtle, wire-drawn distinction, but a very important truth; for unless we see the difference between the two natures, the spirit and the flesh, the law in the members and the law of the mind, we shall always be in bondage, as looking for holiness in the flesh. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ being thus with our spirit, it breathes from time to time upon that spirit, moves and acts in it and upon it; for there is what I may call a gracious or spiritual union between the two. Thus we can no more live without the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ than the earth can live without the sun. He must shine, or we have no light; he must revive, or we have no warmth; and he must fertilise, or we bring forth no fruit. Thence time after time there is an outgoing of the single desire of the soul to the Lord Jesus Christ that his grace would be with our spirit; that this grace may be ever flowing forth into us, so as to make us new creatures, dispel all doubt and fear, break to pieces all bonds and fetters, fill us with love and humility, conform us to his suffering image, produce in us every fruit that shall redound to his praise, be with us in life and death, and land us safe in eternity.