“Rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”
PHILIPPIANS 3:3
Self
– meaning the innate tendency in man to put himself and his desires
above God and others – is the real source of all wickedness. That
explains why merely
dealing with the devil is not enough to rid the world of evil. If the
devil were to disappear tomorrow the problem of Self would remain. It is
a condition that exists deep within every man, woman, boy, and girl.
Although the Self-life is a formidable obstacle to the Christ-life, it
is by no means too difficult for God to overcome.
Christ
must increase, and Self must decrease. God is working to reestablish
and recover that Heavenly Order in all
things, beginning with individuals, then with a company of men and
women, and ultimately extending to the entire creation, so that “God may
be all in all” (1 Corinthians 15:28). The Bible is the story of the
progressive recovery and increase of Christ in the midst of a world gone
astray.
Source: “The Irresistible Kingdom” by Chip Brogden
http://www.chipbrogden.com/the-irresistible-kingdom
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