Bow down in the deepest emptiness of soul, and say, "Oh,
God, I have nothing!" and then surely as you place yourself before Him you
have a right to say, "My God will fulfill His promise! I claim from Him the
filling of the Holy Spirit to make me, instead of a carnal, a spiritual
Christian." If you place yourself at His feet, and tarry there; if you
abide in that humble surrender and that childlike trust, as sure as God
lives the blessing will come.
Oh, have we not to bow in shame before God, as we think of His whole Church
and see so much of the carnal prevailing? Have we not to bow in shame
before God, as we think of so much of the carnal in our hearts and lives?
Then let us bow in great faith in God's mercy. Deliverance is nigh,
deliverance is coming, deliverance is waiting, deliverance is sure. Let us
trust; God will give it.
THE SELF LIFE.
II.
_Matt. 16: 24_.--_If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross, and follow me_.
In the 13th verse we read that Jesus at Caesarea Philippi asked His
disciples, "Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" When they had
answered, He asked them, "But whom say ye that I am?" And in verse 16 Peter
answered and said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
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