First
First! Hallowed Be Your Name!
First, Your Name, Your Kingdom, Your Will.
Then, Give us, Forgive us, Lead us, and Deliver us.
The Lesson is More Important than we think.
First! Hallowed Be Your Name!
First, Your Name, Your Kingdom, Your Will.
Then, Give us, Forgive us, Lead us, and Deliver us.
The Lesson is More Important than we think.
What is the consequence of the Crucifixion of our old man?
That the body of sin might be annulled.
Withered.
Unemployed.
That we should no longer serve sin.
Sin will exercise no dominion over us.
Hallelujah!
Deliverance!
With all your hurry and effort you never prosper because the first thing you need is to Come and Rest in your Lord Jesus.
Rest On Him.
Let Christ Bear the Responsibility.
The Life of the Branch is not only a Life of Entire Dependence but of Deep Restfulness.
The five foolish virgins were ready and watching at the beginning, but alas, they did not continue on.
To be Ready means that there is no unfinished business, and one is therefore Ready to be Reckoned with Daily.
COLOSSIANS 3.3-4
for you died, and your life has been hid with the Christ in God; when the Christ—our life—may have appeared, then we will also appear with Him in glory.
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ISAIAH 45.11
Thus said YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: “Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, || Indeed, concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
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ROMANS 6.6
knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [Him], that the body of sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving sin,
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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;
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MATTHEW 25.10-13
And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the wedding feasts, and the door was shut; and afterward come also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, lord, open to us; and he answering said, Truly I say to you, I have not known you. Watch therefore, for you have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man comes.