The New Life

Phil.
The New Life.
be your one desire ;
Jesus saves from sin ; to have
Jesus is salvation from sin.^ O that we could indeed
rightly understand this ! Jesus will not merely save
from sin as a work that He will from time to time do
in us, but He will give it as a blessing through Himself
to us and in us.'^ When Jesus fills me, when
Jesus is all for me, sin has no hold on me "
: He that
abideth in Him sinneth not."
Yes : sin is driven out and kept out only through
the presence of Jesus. It is Jesus, Jesus Himself,
that, through His giving Himself to me and His
living in me, is salvation from sin.
Precious Lord, let Thy light stream over me, and
let it become still clearer to my soul, that Thou,
Thou Thyself, art my salvation. To have Thee,
Thee, with me, in me—this keeps sin out. Teach me
to bring every sin to Thee ; let every sin drive me
into a closer alliance with Thee. Then shall Thy
Jesus-name become truly my salvation from sin.
Amen.
1. See of what moment it is that the Christian should always
grow in the knowledge of sin. The sin that I do not know, I
cannot bring to Jesus. The sin that I do not bring to Him is
not taken out of me.
2. To know sin better there are required :
The constant prayer, "Examine me:" make kno^n to me
my transgression and my sin (Job xiii. 23 ; Ps. cxxxix. 23, 24),
A tender conscience that is willing to be convinced of sin
through the Spirit, as He also uses the conscience for this end ;
» I Cor. XV. 10 ; Gal. ii. 20 -,
iv. 13 ; Col. iii. 3-5.
' Ex. xxix 43 ;
John xv. 4, 5 ; Rom. -nii. 10 ; Eph. iii. 17, 18.
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