“By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us.
And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
-1 JOHN 3:16
This
increase of Christ and decrease of Self does not begin on a universal
level, but goes to work individually, quietly, in the innermost being of
every true disciple. This process of increasing Christ and decreasing
Self began long before you even gave your heart to the Lord. It made the
actual giving of your heart to Him possible. But He must continue to
increase, and so this process of increase will continue beyond that
initial coming to the Lord and will
be the means through which you are to grow spiritually.
In
like manner, you must continue to decrease, and so that process of
decrease will continue beyond that initial coming to the Lord and will
also be the means through which you are to grow spiritually. You need
both the increase and the decrease. They both work together, and one is
not possible
without the other.
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