II Corinthians 4:5-7
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
February 23rd
"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts...." I Peter 3:15
I care not what situation develops, neither how great the pain may be (physically, mentally, or emotionally): when Christ is fully sanctified within your heart, then do tears of great joy roll in inexpressible appreciation of His love for you, and before Him your words distill as the mist from the rose, laden with fragrance of a child's love, for which words to express fall limp to the ground.
Unless or until that conviction and that attitude towards God within your own heart has become a vibrant, dynamic reality in your daily life and every situation: I say: "unless or until," Christ has not been fully sanctified within your heart...your glorifying of Christ the Lord before the face of other people can only be partial at best...at the best you shall only be permitted to see the "land of promise," but you shall not enter into the Heavenly Kingdom.
Not until the carnal self and all that you are is offered up unto God in all sincerity, can His Spirit accept you.
Chat 9/1974