What did Christ do? He led Peter on until he was broken
down in utter self-abasement, and humbled in the depths of sorrow. Jesus
led him on, past the grave, through the Resurrection, up to Pentecost, and
the Holy Spirit came, and in the Holy Spirit Christ with His divine life
came, and then it was, "Christ liveth in me."
There is but one way of being delivered from this life of self. We must
follow Christ, set our hearts upon Him, listen to His teachings, give
ourselves up every day, that He may be all to us, and by the power of
Christ the denial of self will be a blessed, unceasing reality. Never for
one hour do I expect the Christian to reach a stage at which he can say, "I
have no self to deny;" never for one moment in which he can say, "I do not
need to deny self." No, this fellowship with the cross of Christ will be an
unceasing denial of self every hour and every moment by the grace of God.
There is no place where there is full deliverance from the power of this
sinful self. We are to be crucified with Christ Jesus.
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