DAVID A. MCMILLEN

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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.

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"WE NEED TO LET JESUS LIVE THROUGH US" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

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By: DAVID A. MCMILLEN
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WE NEED TO LET JESUS LIVE THROUGH US








IN GALATIANS 2:20 PAUL SAYS "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."  I LOVE THIS VERSE.  WE USUALLY SAY THAT WE LIVE BY THE FAITH "IN" JESUS BUT PAUL PUTS IT DIFFERENCE HERE WHEN HE SAYS HE LIVES BY THE FAITH "OF" JESUS.  HE WAS USING THE FAITH OF JESUS FOR WHAT JESUS HAD ALREADY DONE.  PAUL GOT THIS FAITH THE SAME PLACE WE GET IT, ROMANS 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 

 

WE ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN "THE" MEASURE OF FAITH.  MANY CHRISTIANS DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEIR FAITH IS IN THEIR BORN AGAIN SPIRIT AND THEY DON'T TRUST IN THE REVELATION OF HOLY SPIRIT TO SHOW THEM.  I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS LACK OF FAITH BUT THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. THEY HAVE TO GET INTO GOD'S WORD TO LEARN.

 




I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD THE TERM "DYING TO SELF". THIS IS WHAT PAUL WAS SAYING BUT NOTICE THE DEATH WAS THROUGH WHAT JESUS HAD ALREADY DONE.  WE CAN'T BE SELF-CENTERED AND CHRIST-CENTERED AT THE SAME TIME. ALWAYS THINKING OF NEGATIVE THING ABOUT OURSELVES MAKES US SELF-CENTERED BUT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD HATE OURSELVES, BUT THAT WE SHOULD LOVE JESUS MORE THAN OURSELVES.  PAUL WAS NOT JUST DEAD TO SELF BUT HE WAS ALIVE TO GOD AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BE ALIVE TO GOD.  PAUL'S "OLD MAN" WAS DEAD THROUGH JESUS LIKE IT SAYS IN ROMANS 6:2-11.  HE WAS TRULY FREE TO LIVE, BUT IT WASN'T ACTUALLY PAUL WHO WAS LIVING, IT WAS JESUS  LIVING THROUGH HIM.  PAUL HAD LEARNED THE SECRET OF VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIVING AS WE SHOULD.  IT IS NOT US LIVING FOR JESUS BUT JESUS LIVING THROUGH US.  


  

WE WALK UNDER GRACE WHEN WE FOCUS OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US.  OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE IN OUR HUMAN STRENGTH AND TO WALK IN VICTORY WE MUST LET JESUS LIVE THROUGH US.  HE IS WILLING AND ABLE TO DO THIS IF WE JUST LET HIM.  

 

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.










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