' “Let us draw near
with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean
from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water” (Heb. 10.22). We
do not draw near to God physically as did the people in the Old Testament period,
for our sanctuary is in heaven; nor do we draw near soulically with our
thoughts and feelings since these organs can never commune with God. The
regenerated spirit alone can approach Him. Believers worship God in their
quickened intuition. The verse above affirms that a sprinkled conscience is the
basis for communion with God intuitively. A conscience tinged with offense is
under constant accusation. That naturally will affect the intuition, so closely
knit to the conscience, and discourage its approach to God, even paralyzing its
normal function. How infinitely necessary to have “a true heart in full
assurance of faith” in a believer’s communion with God. When conscience is
unclear one’s approach to Him becomes forced and is not true because he cannot
fully believe that God is for him and has nothing against him. Such fear and
doubt undermine the normal function of intuition, depriving it of the liberty
to fellowship freely with God. The Christian must not have the slightest
accusation in his conscience; he must be assured that his every sin is entirely
atoned by the blood of the Lord and that now there is no charge against Him
(Rom. 8.33-34). A single offense on the conscience may suppress and suspend the
normal function of intuition in communing with God, for as soon as a believer
is conscious of sin his spirit gathers all its powers to eliminate that
particular sin and leaves no more strength to ascend heavenward. '
Excerpt from - 'The
Spiritual Man' by Watchman Nee
I'm under the
weather today, hopefully tomorrow I'll feel up to a more in depth study of this
excerpt. Please, read- and re-read as needed. We truly need the grace and mercy
of our Savior to be wholly His! Lord help us to live for YOU now and always!
All through Jesus
Christ our LORD and SAVIOR!
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