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Saturday, August 13th
Jesus
said, "In the world you
will have trouble. But take
courage - I have conquered
the world !"
Men may and do ask in what
sense I have conquered the
world. Does sin not still
abound, and evil - is it
not rampant ? Is there not
sickness and sadness, failure
to achieve , horrendous
problems in basic, human
living ? In what sense,
then have I overcome the
world ? In respect of sin
have I overcome by My incarnation
and atonement . No sin ever
committed need separate
that person committing it
from the Father's love and
from attaining to His Kingdom.
By My saving grace , the
blood of all the martyrs
, the lives of all made
holy in Me - these plead
and obtain for the suppliant
sinner liberation and new
life. All that is needed
in the first instance is
a stopping in his tracks
of the persistent sinner
and for the one who occasionally
strays a looking to Me in
love and penitence and in
faith. Regarding suffering
- have I not shown the way
by patient and confident
commitment to the Father
? All who love must expect
to suffer because of those
who sin against love and
so grieve the Father's heart.
And through their suffering
and loving in Him and through
My indwelling the process
of redemption is progressed.
Wounded souls are healed
and helped towards their
destiny in the Kingdom of
the Father. And death I
harried and destroyed for
all people and for times
through My resurrection
so that all may, in the
fullness of time, rejoice
in fellowship in the Father.
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