The New Life compiled by Debra Maffett

2 Corinthians 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye s
sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that
ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
2 Corinthians 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the
gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also
appear with him in glory.
Phillipinas 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
More certain than the healthful growth of any tree or animal is the growth and
increase of the child of God who surrenders himself to the working of the new life.
What hinders this power and the reception of the new spiritual life is chiefly
two things. The one is ignorance of its nature--its laws and workings. Man, even
the Christian, cannot conceive of the new life which comes from God. It surpasses
all of his thoughts. His own distorted thoughts of the way to serve and to please
God--namely, by what he does and is--are deeply rooted in him. Although he
believes that he understands and receives God's Word, he still thinks humanly and
carnally on divine things. (Jos. 3:4; Matt. 16:23)
Joshua 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two
thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the
way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Matthew 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me,
Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be
of God, but those that be of men.
Not only must God give salvation and life; He must also give the Spirit to
make us understand what He gives. He must point out the way to the land of
Canaan. We must also, like the blind, be led by Him every day.
The young Christian must try to cherish a deep conviction of his ignorance
concerning the new life, and of his inability to form correct thoughts about it. This
will bring him to the meekness and to the childlike spirit of humility, to which the