Already
The Victorious Life which I seek is Actually Something I Have Already Possessed.
Already a Branch Joined To The Tree!
The Victorious Life which I seek is Actually Something I Have Already Possessed.
Already a Branch Joined To The Tree!
JOHN 17.14
I have given Your word to them, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;
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GALATIANS 2.20
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me; and that which I now live in the flesh—I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me;
ROMANS 6.5
For if we have become planted together to the likeness of His death, [so] we also will be of the resurrection;
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MATTHEW 17.19-21
Then the disciples having come to Jesus by Himself, said, “Why were we not able to cast him out?” And Jesus said to them, “Through your want of faith; for truly I say to you, if you may have faith as a grain of mustard, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible to you, [[and this kind does not go forth except in prayer and fasting.”]]
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JOHN 15.5
I AM the vine, you the branches; he who is remaining in Me, and I in him, this one bears much fruit, because apart from Me you are not able to do anything;
It is in Prayer, in Living Contact with God, that Faith – the Power to Trust God and Accept Everything He Says – will Become Strong in us.
We Must Allow God to Cancel our self-sufficiency.
When we Confess Before Him that we can do nothing in our own strength, Then Christ Will Be Able To Manifest His Power Upon us.
Romans 8.26-27 And in like manner also, the Spirit helps our weaknesses; for what we may pray for, as it is necessary, we have not known, but [this] One—the Spirit—makes intercession for us with unutterable groanings, and He who is searching the hearts has known what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because according to God He intercedes for holy ones.
That the Lord Shed His Blood and Died on the Cross for mankind is a Fact.
Nevertheless, only those who Have Faith are Able to Prove This Fact and be Benefited By It.
To those who do not Believe, the Death of the Lord on the Cross may indeed be Factual, yet they will not be able to Experience It and Benefit By It.