'The cleaving of soul and spirit means not
only their separation but also a cracking open of the soul itself. Since the
spirit is enveloped in the soul, it cannot be reached by the Word of life save
through a cracked shell. The Word of the cross plunges in and splits open a way
into and through the soul so that God’s life can reach the spirit within and
liberate it from the bondage of its soulish shell. Having received the mark of
the cross, the soul now can assume its proper position of subjection to the
spirit. But if the soul fails to become a “thoroughfare” to the spirit, then
the former surely will become the latter’s chain. These two never agree on any
matter. Before the spirit achieves its rightful place of pre-eminence it is
challenged persistently by the soul. While the spirit is striving to gain
freedom and mastery the strong soul power exerts its utmost strength to
suppress the spirit. Only after the cross has done its work on the soulish life
is the spirit liberated. If we remain ignorant of the damage this discord
between the spirit and soul can bring or remain unwilling to forsake the
pleasure of a sensuous walk, we shall make hardly any spiritual progress.' The Spiritual Man- Watchman Nee (Excerpt)
Spiritual progress.
Are we unwilling to
forsake the pleasure of a sensuous walk?
How much of our
lives is spent appeasing our senses in one way or another?
There are and there
have been many people who believe that they need to forsake a lot of the
material world in order to walk with God. Could they be right? We don't want to
believe they are. We don't want to believe we may have to give up any of our
creature comforts. We reason all around and in many different ways convincing
ourselves we do not need to stop pleasing our senses.
Think on the
following verse for a while….
Mat_16:24 Then
said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny
himself
When you've thought
on this for a while ask yourself a question- What are you to deny?
More on this
tomorrow by the grace and mercy of our Lord, Jesus Christ!!!
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