HOW CAN WE EXPERIENCE ITS FULL POWER IN OUR LIVES? . . . .

OUR HEARTS TELL US THE ANSWER... as we look on the Lamb bowing His head for us on Calvary... only by being willing to have the same disposition of the Lamb and by bending our necks in brokenness as He bowed His. And we may be partakers of His disposition, for it has been made TRANSFERABLE TO US by His death. All the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT mentioned in Galatians 5... love, joy, peace,longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control... what are they but the expression of the Lamb-like nature of the LORD JESUS with which the HOLY SPIRIT wants to fill us? Jesus the Lamb in Revelations tells us that HE WANTS TO REPRODUCE HIMSELF in us.

"HAVE THIS ATTITUDE IN YOURSELF WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS" (Philippians 2:5).

"FOR WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE SHOULD INSTRUCT HIM? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST" (1 Corinthians 2:16).

ARE YOU WILLING? . . . .

EVERY SIN WE EVER COMMIT is the result of the hard unbroken self, which stands up for itself and resists others. That will have to be broken for the precious Blood to reach us in cleansing power. And we will never find peace until we are willing to see the source of each sin and reverse the wrong attitude that caused it by a specific repentance, which will always be humbling.

WE MAY PRAY LONG TO BE CLEANSED from some sin and for peace to be restored to our hearts... but unless we are willing to be broken on the point in question and be made a partaker of the Lamb's humility there, nothing will happen. Every sin we ever commit is the result of the hard unbroken self taking up some attitude of pride.

WE WILL FIND THE LORD ASKING US to perform all sorts of costly acts of repentance and surrender... often over what we term small and trivial matters. But their importance can be gauged by what it costs our pride to put them right. We may have to confess, apologize, make restitution, give up our fancied rights, and even confess resentment against one who wronged us.

WE MAY HAVE TO LET OUR FRIENDS know us as we really are... bringing true fellowship. These acts may be humiliating and a complete reversal of our usual attitudes of pride and selfishness, but by such acts we shall know brokenness and become partakers of the humility of the Lamb.

"IF THEREFORE YOU ARE PRESENTING YOUR OFFERING AT THE ALTAR, AND THERE REMEMBER THAT YOUR BROTHER HAS SOMETHING AGAINST YOU... LEAVE YOUR OFFERING THERE BEFORE THE ALTAR, AND GO YOUR WAY; FIRST BE RECONCILED TO YOUR BROTHER, AND THEN COME AND PRESENT YOUR OFFERING" (Matthew 5:23-24).

"ALWAYS CARRYING ABOUT IN THE BODY THE DYING OF JESUS, THAT THE LIFE OF JESUS ALSO MAY BE MANIFESTED IN OUR BODY" (2 Corinthians 4:10)