Deep inside every man there is a private sanctum where dwells the mysterious essence of his being. The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel too much at home in the world. The most liberating declarations in the New Testament is this: The true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. From man's standpoint the most tragic loss suffered in the Fall was the ...
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Deep inside every man there is a private sanctum where dwells the mysterious essence of his being. The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel too much at home in the world. The most liberating declarations in the New Testament is this: The true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. From man's standpoint the most tragic loss suffered in the Fall was the vacating of this inner sanctum by the Spirit of God. At the far-in hidden center of man's being is a bush fitted to be the dwelling place of the Triune God. There God planned to rest and glow with moral and spiritual fire. Man by his sin forfeited this indescribably wonderful privilege and must now dwell there alone. For so intimately private is the place that no creature can intrude; no one can enter but Christ; and He will enter only by the invitation of faith.
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