Mat 6:9 After
this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name.
Mat 6:10 Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Mat 6:11 Give
us this day our daily bread.
Mat 6:12 And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Mat 6:13 And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Luk_9:23 And
he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross daily, and follow me.
' “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
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Daily we take up our
cross.
Daily we are to seek
forgiveness.
We would have no
need to be instructed on a daily prayer in which we ask for forgiveness if we
were supposed to be sin free before coming to pray daily. Truly our conscience
must be cleared of every sin conviction we experience and believe it or not
sometimes it seems like a lot of conviction going on.
Heb 10:22 Let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
We need to be
cleansed by the Holy Spirit and we need this Spiritual bath daily.
May God bless us as
we draw near to Him with a true heart (from Him) in full assurance of faith.
Let our hearts be sprinkled from an evil conscience, let our bodies be washed
with pure water. May the Holy Spirit live in us!
All by the grace and
mercy of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Now, and forever!
Amen.
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