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    For thought and meditation

    Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. GALATIANS 5:24
    The natural life itself is not sinful. But we must abandon sin, having nothing to do with it in any way whatsoever. Sin belongs to hell and to the devil. I, as a child of God, belong to heaven and to God. It is not a question of giving up sin, but of giving up my right to myself, my natural independence, and my self-will. This is where the battle has to be fought. The things that are right, noble, and good from the natural standpoint are the very things that keep us from being God’s best. Once we come to understand that natural moral excellence opposes or counteracts surrender to God, we bring our soul into the center of its greatest battle. Very few of us would debate over what is filthy, evil, and wrong, but we do debate over what is good. It is the good that opposes the best. The higher up the scale of moral excellence a person goes, the more intense the opposition to Jesus Christ. “Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh….” The cost to your natural life is not just one or two things, but everything. Jesus said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself…” (Matthew 16:24). That is, he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it. Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence.
    The natural life is not spiritual, and it can be made spiritual only through sacrifice. If we do not purposely sacrifice the natural, the supernatural can never become natural to us. There is no high or easy road. Each of us has the means to accomplish it entirely in his own hands. It is not a question of praying, but of sacrificing, and thereby performing His will.
    when the dust settles and the smoke clears all that matters is I hear the words " well done my good and faithfully servant "

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    I will argue with the first sentence only. If the fundamental definition of sin is 'fallen short of the glory of God' then all of the natural life is sinful. In fact the Old Testament tells me that my righteousness - my best - is nothing but dirty menstrual rags in God's eyes. Nothing that I can do or be in this life is satisfying to God - thus my need of Christ. It is only through His righteousness that I am seen as worthwhile and saved - acceptable to God and returned to relationship with Him. Yes, He works in me to make me more like Christ, but this is his doing, I try to work with Him in the process as best I can and often fail.
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