The following quote is from Oswald Chambers.
"The first thing that happens after we have realized our election to God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our prejudices, parochial notions, and patriotisms; we are turned into servants of God's own purpose.
"Our Lord never nurses our prejudices. He mortifies them, runs clean athwart them. We imagine that God has a special interest in our particular prejudices; we are quite sure that God will never
deal with us as He has to deal with other people. But instead of God being on the side of our prejudices, He is deliberately wiping them out. It is part of our moral education to have our prejudices run straight across by His providence. God pays no respect to anything we bring to Him . There is only one thing God wants of us, and that is our unconditional surrender.
"When once we realize that through the salvation of Jesus Christ we are made perfectly fit for God, we shall understand why Jesus Christ is so ruthless in His demands. He demands absolute rectitude from His servants, because He has put into them the very nature of God."
Powerful words.
-Mark-
-Christian Researcher-
-September 3, 2006-
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