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(J.R. Miller, "Help for the Day")
"Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Philippians 2:12-13
Each one's battle must be a personal one. No one can reach the summit, without climbing the steep mountain path. We cannot be borne up on another's strong shoulder. No one can carry us up.
God does not simply put beautiful Christian graces into our lives, as the jeweler sets gems in a coronet. God does not simply remove our ugly character traits--and replace them by lovely ones. Each Christian must persevere through trials, troubles and temptations--to all noble spiritual attainments. While God works in us--we are to work out our own salvation.
"Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily." Colossians 1:29
" He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Revelation 21:7
(J.R. Miller, "Help for the Day")
"Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Philippians 2:12-13
Each one's battle must be a personal one. No one can reach the summit, without climbing the steep mountain path. We cannot be borne up on another's strong shoulder. No one can carry us up.
God does not simply put beautiful Christian graces into our lives, as the jeweler sets gems in a coronet. God does not simply remove our ugly character traits--and replace them by lovely ones. Each Christian must persevere through trials, troubles and temptations--to all noble spiritual attainments. While God works in us--we are to work out our own salvation.
"Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily." Colossians 1:29
" He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Revelation 21:7
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