The Laodicean Message - E.H. “Jack” Sequeira

Now it’s true, faith is always a struggle,
because what does faith mean? It means two
things, not one but two. Faith means:
1. Not I,
2. But Christ.
The “not I” is the most difficult part, because
when we say “not I,” we are saying something that
is contradicting our nature; we are going against
our nature when we say, “not I.” So that’s painful,
and we want some credit in sanctification so we
say, “I plus Christ. Only justification is by faith
alone.” But that is not true, the Bible doesn’t teach
it. The Bible teaches that the flesh is enmity with
God, it is not subject to the law of God, and can
never be. Folks, it has to be, “not I but Christ” in
everything. And that is what Christ is saying.
But our works, which look good, works of the
law, have deceived us, because it resembles works
of faith. And we think we are “rich and do not
need a thing,” but what does Christ say?
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