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Keeping in Step With the Lord

Keeping in Step With the Lord

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Once we gain some ground in the Lord there is a temptation to stop pressing forward in Christ.

This morning (8/29/2004 the subject was that of continuing to press forward in the Lord. This has proven to be difficult for people to do.

When we think of the spiritual movements that have occurred since the time of the Reformers we can see how quickly denominational walls have been erected; statements of faith have been issued; seminaries have been organized. It is the adamic nature that does this.

What is wrong with organizing a denomination as soon as new doctrinal understanding has been gained? The problem is, God remains but a brief time at that one place and then moves forward. The staves remain in the Ark of the Covenant. Then, when God moves, the ego and financial involvement cause the latest movement to refer to what God is now doing as "being of the devil." The idea is, no one can possibly be ahead of us in God!

The truth is, there always will be someone ahead of us in God and someone behind us. We are to be helpful and courteous to those behind us and learn from those ahead of us.

But we do not do this, to our shame. We impolitely refer to those behind us as spiritually cold and those ahead of us as being of Satan. Will we ever learn?

If you are a second-grader, don't you just know that everyone ahead of you in school is of the devil! Perhaps some second-graders think so.

Our goal as Christians is twofold. We are pressing toward being in the full moral image of the Lord Jesus Christ, and being in complete rest in the center of God’s Person and will through Christ. I am not there yet. Are you? But I am pressing on the upward way and gaining new heights every day. Will you come along with me?

Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh chose to remain on the east side of the Jordan River. They preferred their smelly cows to the Glory of God, which was leading the way into the land of Canaan.

Moses rose up in fury. "You are a sinful generation! Be sure your sin will find you out!"

What was their great sin? It was that of neglecting to follow God to the fullness of the inheritance.

The Apostle Paul to the end of his life was seeking to gain Christ, to attain to the resurrection which is out from among the dead. Did you ever hear anyone preach on those words in the third chapter of Philippians? Probably not.

Why not? Because it has not been God’s time until now. But Moses is dead and Joshua is anointed. We now are preparing to cross the Jordan, so to speak, and engage in the conflict of the ages.

God wants you to be in His perfect image and complete will—nothing short of these. Exert faith and courage and call on the Lord Jesus. He has enough power to accomplish this transformation in you.

The discussion at night had to do with the fact that the adamic creation ended on the cross. Therefore we assign our entire first personality to the cross so God may bring forth resurrection life in us. Each day we are to pass from death to life until we can say, "I am crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me."

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