Refining Faith: Embracing Christ's Transformative Power

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how would you like to be transparent so that nothing of yourself would appear anywhere but only Jesus Christ with his divine attribute would shine forth from within you that's what you are if you're a real follower of Jesus Christ or that's what you will be if he has his way with you ye are the Epistle of Christ written not with ink but with the spirit of the Living God and there's no substitute for it [00:33:36]

David never became a man after God's own heart until he discovered his corruption within on the outside ornament on the outside a beautiful Hinglish armor and the kingly crown on his head and he has won many victories through the power of God he had really reason to be proud of himself and he was until that pride was shown up by fire and he discovered corruption in the depth of his spirit and he said who shall deliver me from the body of this death [03:14:50]

Oh beloved it's as we heard a while ago affliction is good I thank the Lord that thou has afflicted me now I know that thou in faithfulness has afflicted me and God there's as many as I love I rebuke that's the thing we don't like we like to shine like gold we like to be satisfied with the subterfuge with a substitute unless we really love the truth and when we love the truth we'll find the truth not in our self but in our Lord Jesus Christ [04:51:46]

and you and I will not be satisfied with a subterfuge or with a substitute we will not we will search our own heart by means of the acid test of the Word of God and by that fire that melted the iron oh thank God for the fire of the Holy Ghost and realize God search me O God and try my heart know be and try my paw and see if there be any wicked way in me and God won't test you if you refuse his rebuke and his reproof [06:25:99]

and what is that righteousness that righteousness is Jesus Christ himself it's his love oh if I searched my own heart and see how my love will not stand the test Oh it'll go certain distance because we have learned to veneer ourselves to put on a substitute for love we know how to love especially meeting we can make very sweet faces at one another and sometimes in the heart there is the gall of bitterness why not admit it why not they search me O God and fry me [07:46:50]

and the only grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Son of God when we walk with Him and when we abide in him and abide under the unction all that they're wonderful process now we are complete in him there is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus because they walk not after the play that's finished and who finished it Jesus Christ finished it for all of humanity [17:16:39]

the secret of faith is to believe that God is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him but the secret of New Testament faith is not only to believe in God who created all things but in God who very pleased Alleluia he who created me is now my salvation is now my Redeemer I cannot do it myself that's why he undertook the job thank God [17:50:03]

and when God commands us to repent and believe the gospel he says forget yourself forget the things that are behind it now let me go before let me be the one let me reign over your veil and over your affection let me protect you here's the New Testament 23rd psalm the Lord is my shepherd brother Shepherd you don't have to hang the 23rd psalm on the wall let it be written in your heart [18:58:11]

and the question is whether I wanted the Romans wanted it too obeyed from the heart that almost doctrine they put off the old man with his beam they put on the Lord Jesus Christ that new man that's the doctrine oh how it has been brushed aside by the great bulk of Christian but never mind Jesus find those who love the truth and are not satisfied with the substitute and they're willing to go through the fire [22:58:92]

there's the test the test will come to every true Christian whether you will choose Jesus or your whole life beloved it'll come if it hasn't come yet and it will be a glorious choice that you make when you see Savior more than life to me I'm clinging clinging close to thee why was it that the Israelite walk from going into the Promised Land because they love their old life [23:45:25]

and the man in charge didn't want to pray for him until he took an oath never to use medicine again as long as he lived up to that time he couldn't live without medicine he couldn't eat without medicine he couldn't digest his food without food and now that I won't pray for you as long as you yield to those earthly but preach that and you'll be very unpopular but beloved God's going to have a church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing [25:20:75]

but beloved God's going to have a church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing that's what the Holy Ghost is working on and in order to protect the earth were like that he's using a terribly sharp sword I tell you is performing an operation he is cutting away the old flesh Oh God and the longer we in whew the longer will be the process and we can't afford to do that if this armor fell reckon yourselves old Jesus live out my life within the old the king of kings without thyself the answer to all my questions [26:56:95]

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