PARABLES OF THE TALENTS AND
THE POUNDS
Summary: cont.
THE CROSS OF CHRIST IS
THE ANSWER
Understanding
the operation of the Cross,
is the key, that unlocks and gives me
access
into the realm of the spiritual and into
God's domain.
It is His Cross that becomes mine,
as I have more of the Cross or more knowledge
of the Cross.
I realize that my
cross, was really His cross in my heart.
It was always His Cross, but to me this
transition becomes real,
as I understand the operation of the Cross,
and now His Cross carries me through this
life.
This increases my faith in Christ,
for it reveals to me the glory of God.
This is the glory of
God,
that Moses desired to see on the mount.
Now we can see it in the Cross of Christ,
and in His resurrection.
The glory of God is his attributes,
His character that we have come short
of;
that was displayed on the Cross.
When
I have in my heart His Cross constantly,
I realize that I am dead, and His resurrected
life can be a reality to me.
The moment I emphasize works,
I am uncrucified,
as I have forgotten that I died with Him,
and the old man takes over.
The
deeper knowledge of the cross I have in my heart,
the more the walk of faith is real.
It is not complete, until Christ was resurrected,
but it must begin at the Cross.
Without the Cross there is no resurrection.
Without the Cross there is no salvation.
The Cross was necessary
because of SIN,
and the Resurrection was necessary because
of death.
This then increases my faith in Christ,
for it reveals to me the depth of His
love,
the truth of His Word and the power of
His life in my daily living.
There
are many Christians,
who are doing many things for the Lord,
thinking that they are pleasing the Lord.
But they are trying to do the Lord's work
by their own energy.
Then there are those who are trying so
hard,
and struggling to live the Christian life,
and are discouraged and unhappy.
Some pastors' advice is, do not give up;
keep trying the best you can.
Sad to say but this is not the true advice.
The things of God are
not the ways of the world.
If this is your situation, you should
give up,
stop trying, and enter into His Rest;
by knowing you are there because it is
ALL FINISHED.
It is not by trying. It is by knowing.
If you are trying it is because you do
not know.
The Apostle Paul continually
says,
know ye not?
The answer is in knowing,
the deeper meaning of the Cross of Christ.
It is in trusting and not in trying.
You can only trust, when you know.
Trusting is by
faith in the spirit,
with the soul in subjection to your spirit,
and both in subjection to the Word of
God.
Trying is the soul doing things
alone,
apart from the spirit of your mind, by
feelilngs.
But your mind is not filled,
with the Word of God,
and if it is, it is only in memory,
and it has not reached into the heart
of your soul.
If you are walking by your feelings,
the soul is dominant,
and your mind is controlled by your feelings,
and you are thinking with your heart.
Your spirit,
soul and body must become one,
as the Spirit of God, Christ and the Father
are ONE.
The problem is, our soul is acting alone
as a god,
and not in subjection to our spirit,
which is quickened by God,
Our body is behaving like it belongs to
this world.
The Word of God must be the sole authority
in our lives,
and not man’s commandments and traditions
nor our feelings.
The church at Corinth
did not understand the power of God.
They were seeking after man's wisdom,
proud in their own abilities.
There were seeking after gifts,
and thought they were the ones following
the truth.
They were boasting in their sins and following
after man.
The Apostle Paul wrote to correct them
in their misconduct.
Paul continually pointed
to the death of Jesus,
and then to the Lord's Supper, and the
Resurrection,
to remind them of the Cross of Christ.
The Apostle Paul says
to them
"For I determined
not to know anything among you,
except Christ
and Him crucified."
(1Cor. 2:2).
Yes! To see someone who portrays
Christ crucified,
is seeing someone who knows he is also
crucified with Him.
It is
finished.
It is your soul that is trying and finding
no rest.
There is no way we can live the Christian
life by trying,
IT IS BY TRUSTING.
When you trust, you are resting.
In Heb. 3, they could not
enter into His Rest because of UNBELIEF.
It is through the power of the Holy Spirit,
moving in us,
and glorifying Christ in our lives,
that we know we are crucified.
Then we stand beside Him,
that His Spirit will have the liberty
to move as He wills.
As long as we keep trying,
the Spirit of God cannot have the liberty
to work in our lives.
Many of us spend more time
in God's work,
than in God's presence.
We spend more time with the work of God,
than with the Word of God.
Thus, we talk more about
the work of God,
than about the God of the
work.