Jesus Sanctifies Us by the Grace of His Blood and the Bread of His Word ㅡ
“I am the bread of life.... Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day
The flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John John 6:35, 54, 63)
It is our privilege to eat the bread of life.
As we believe and practice the words of Christ, bringing them into the everyday experience, we become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
All through the Word of God are the most precious promises, but we must dig for them as the miner digs for the precious ore.
We need to understand and practice the truth.
As we are purified through the truth, we stand on vantage ground with God, because Christ has taken away our sins.
It is possible for us to be overcomers. Through the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony, we may obtain a glorious victory.
But the enemy will try to cast his dark shadow between our souls and God.
He presents every possible inducement to lead us to be false to our Maker.
He tries to gain control of the appetite, so that men and women shall make a God of the stomach.
He knows that if they do this, their senses will become beclouded by overeating.
He offers them stimulants and narcotics, hoping to lead them, in the use of these things, to forget God.
Let us remember that these are the devices of the enemy to lead us to forget the advantages we may gain by every day eating the Bread of life.
Physically we are built up from what we eat. And so it is with the mind.
If we make the Bible our guide and counselor, we shall be strengthened and built up.
Our faith must cleave through the shadow and grasp the glory beyond.
(Sermons and Talks Volume Two 146, 147)
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