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<v Speaker 1>visit LibriVox dot org. Recording by Joi Chan Absolute Surrender

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<v Speaker 1>and other Addresses by Andrew Murray. Absolute Surrender. And ben Hadad,

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<v Speaker 1>the King of Syria, gathered all his hosts together, and

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<v Speaker 1>there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses

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<v Speaker 1>and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and

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<v Speaker 1>warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab, king

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<v Speaker 1>of Israel, into the city, and said unto him, thus

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<v Speaker 1>Saith ben Hadad, thy silver and thy gold is mine.

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<v Speaker 1>Thy wives also, and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

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<v Speaker 1>And the King of Israel answered and said, my lord,

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<v Speaker 1>O King, according to thy, saying, I am thine and

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<v Speaker 1>all that I have, first Kings twenty one to four.

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<v Speaker 1>What ben Hadad asked was absolute surrender, and what Ahath

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<v Speaker 1>gave was what was asked of him, absolute surrender. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to use these words, my lord, O King, according

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<v Speaker 1>to thy, saying I am thine and all that I have,

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<v Speaker 1>as the words of absolute surrender, with which every child

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<v Speaker 1>of God ought to yield himself to his Father. We

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<v Speaker 1>have heard it before, but we need to hear it

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<v Speaker 1>very definitely. The condition of God's blessing is absolute surrender

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<v Speaker 1>of all into His hands. Praise God. If our hearts

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<v Speaker 1>are willing for that, there is no end to what

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<v Speaker 1>God will do for us and to the blessing God

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<v Speaker 1>will bestow absolute surrender. Let me tell you where I

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<v Speaker 1>got those words. I used them myself often, and you

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<v Speaker 1>have heard them numberless times. But in Scotland. Once I

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<v Speaker 1>was in a company where we were talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>condition of Christ's Church and what the great need of

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<v Speaker 1>the church and of believers is. And there was in

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<v Speaker 1>our company a godly worker who has much to do

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<v Speaker 1>in training workers. And I asked him what he would

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<v Speaker 1>say was the great need of the church and the

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<v Speaker 1>message that ought to be preached. He answered, very quietly,

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<v Speaker 1>and simply and determinedly, absolute surrender to God is the

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<v Speaker 1>one thing. It struck me as never before. And that

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<v Speaker 1>man began to tell how in the workers with whom

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<v Speaker 1>he had to deal, he finds that if they are

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<v Speaker 1>sound on that point, even though they be backward, they

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<v Speaker 1>are willing to be taught and helped, and they always improve,

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<v Speaker 1>whereas others who are not sound there very often go

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<v Speaker 1>back and leave the work. The condition for obtaining God's

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<v Speaker 1>full blessing is absolute surrender to Him. And now I desire,

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<v Speaker 1>by God's grace to give you this message that your

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<v Speaker 1>God in Heaven answers the prayers which you have offered

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<v Speaker 1>for blessing on yourselves and for blessing on those around

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<v Speaker 1>you by this one demand, are you willing to surrender

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<v Speaker 1>yourselves absolutely into His hands? What is our answer to be?

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<v Speaker 1>God knows. There are hundreds of hearts who have said it,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are hundreds more who long to say it,

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<v Speaker 1>but hardly dare to do so. And there are hearts

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<v Speaker 1>who have said it, but who have yet miserably failed,

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<v Speaker 1>and who feel themselves condemned because they did not find

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<v Speaker 1>the secret of the power to live that life. May

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<v Speaker 1>God have a word for all? Let me say first

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<v Speaker 1>of all that God claims it from us. God expects

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<v Speaker 1>your surrender. Yes, it has its foundation in the very

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<v Speaker 1>nature of God. God cannot do otherwise. Who is God?

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<v Speaker 1>He is the fountain of life, the only source of

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<v Speaker 1>existence and power and goodness. And throughout the universe there

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<v Speaker 1>is nothing good but what God works. God has created

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<v Speaker 1>the sun and the moon and the stars, and the

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<v Speaker 1>flowers and the trees and the grass. And are they

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<v Speaker 1>not all absolutely surrendered to God? Do they not allow

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<v Speaker 1>God to work in them just what he pleases? When

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<v Speaker 1>God clothes the lily with its beauty, is it not

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<v Speaker 1>yielded up, surrendered, given over to God as he works

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<v Speaker 1>in its beauty? And God's redeemed children? Oh, can you

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<v Speaker 1>think that God can work his work if there is

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<v Speaker 1>only half or a part of them surrendered? God cannot

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<v Speaker 1>do it. God is life and love and blessing and

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<v Speaker 1>power and infinite beauty. And God delights to communicate himself

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<v Speaker 1>to every child who is prepared to receive him. But Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>this one lack of absolute surrender is just the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that hinders God. And now he comes, and as God,

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<v Speaker 1>he claims it. You know in daily life what absolute

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<v Speaker 1>surrender is. You know that everything has to be given

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<v Speaker 1>up to its space, definite object and service. I have

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<v Speaker 1>a pen in my pocket, and that pen is absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>surrendered to the one work of writing. And that pen

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<v Speaker 1>must be absolutely surrendered to my hand if I am

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<v Speaker 1>to write properly with it. If another holds it partly,

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot write properly This coat is absolutely given up

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<v Speaker 1>to me to cover my body. This building is entirely

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<v Speaker 1>given up to religious services. And now do you expect

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<v Speaker 1>that in your immortal being, in the divine nature that

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<v Speaker 1>you have received by regeneration, God can work his work

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<v Speaker 1>every day and every hour. Unless you are entirely given

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<v Speaker 1>up to him. God cannot. The Temple of Solomon was

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely surrendered to God when it was dedicated to him,

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<v Speaker 1>and every one of us is a temple of God

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<v Speaker 1>in which God will dwell and work mightily on one condition,

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<v Speaker 1>absolute surrender to him. God claims it. God is worthy

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<v Speaker 1>of it, and without it God cannot work his blessed

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<v Speaker 1>work in us. God not only claims it, but God

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<v Speaker 1>will work it himself. God accomplishes your surrender. I am

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<v Speaker 1>sure there is many a heart that says, ah, but

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<v Speaker 1>that absolute surrender implies so much. Someone says, Oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>have passed through so much trial and suffering, and there

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<v Speaker 1>is so much of the self life still remaining, and

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<v Speaker 1>I dare not face the entire giving of it up

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<v Speaker 1>because I know it will cause so much trouble and agony.

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<v Speaker 1>Alas alas that God's children have such thoughts of him,

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<v Speaker 1>such cruel thoughts, Oh, I come to you with a

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<v Speaker 1>message tearful and anxious one. God does not ask you

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<v Speaker 1>to give the perfect surrender in your strength or by

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<v Speaker 1>the power of your will. God is willing to work

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<v Speaker 1>it in you. Do we not read? It is God

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<v Speaker 1>that worketh in us, both to will and to do

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<v Speaker 1>of His good pleasure. And that is what we should

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<v Speaker 1>seek for to go on our faces before God until

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<v Speaker 1>our hearts learn to believe that the everlasting God himself

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<v Speaker 1>will come in, to turn out what is wrong, to

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<v Speaker 1>conquer what is evil, and to work what is well pleasing.

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<v Speaker 1>In his blessed sight, God himself will work it in you.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at the men in the Old Testament, like Abraham.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think it was by accident that God found

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<v Speaker 1>that man the father of the faithful and the friend

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<v Speaker 1>of God, And that it was Abraham himself apart from

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<v Speaker 1>God who had such faith and such obedience and such devotion.

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<v Speaker 1>You know it is not so. God raised him up

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<v Speaker 1>and prepared him as an instrument for his glory. Did

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<v Speaker 1>not God say to Pharaoh for this cause, have I

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<v Speaker 1>raised THEE up? For to show in THEE my power?

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<v Speaker 1>And if God said that of him, will not God

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<v Speaker 1>say it far more of every child of his. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to encourage you, and I want you to

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<v Speaker 1>cast away every fear. Come with that feeble desire. And

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<v Speaker 1>if there is the fear which says, oh, my desire

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<v Speaker 1>is not strong enough, I am not willing for everything

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<v Speaker 1>that may come. I do not feel bold enough to

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<v Speaker 1>say I can conquer everything. I pray you learn to

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<v Speaker 1>know and trust your God. Now, say, my God, I

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<v Speaker 1>am willing that thou shouldst make me willing. If there

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<v Speaker 1>is anything holding you back, or any sacrifice you are

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<v Speaker 1>afraid of making, come to God now and prove how

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<v Speaker 1>gracious your God is, and be not afraid that He

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<v Speaker 1>will command from you what he will not bestow. God

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<v Speaker 1>comes and offers to work this absolute surrender in you.

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<v Speaker 1>All these searchings and hungerings and longings that are in

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<v Speaker 1>your heart, I tell you they are the drawings of

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<v Speaker 1>the divine magnate Jesus Christ. He lived a life of

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<v Speaker 1>absolute surrender. He has possession of you. He is living

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<v Speaker 1>in your heart by his Holy Spirit. You have hindered

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<v Speaker 1>and hindered him terribly, but he desires to help you

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<v Speaker 1>to get hold of him entirely. And he comes and

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<v Speaker 1>draws you now by his message and words, will you

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<v Speaker 1>not come and trust God to work in you that

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<v Speaker 1>absolute surrender to himself. Yes, blessed be God. He can

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<v Speaker 1>do it, and he will do it. God not only

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<v Speaker 1>claims it and works it, but God accepts it when

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<v Speaker 1>we bring it to him. God accepts your surrender. God

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<v Speaker 1>works it in the secret of our heart. God urges us,

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<v Speaker 1>by the hidden power of His Holy Spirit to come

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<v Speaker 1>and speak it out. And we have to bring and

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<v Speaker 1>yield to him that absolute surrender. But remember, when you

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<v Speaker 1>come and bring God that absolute surrender, it may, as

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<v Speaker 1>far as your feelings of your consciousness go, be a

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<v Speaker 1>thing of great imperfection, and you may doubt and hesitate

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<v Speaker 1>and say is it absolute? But oh, remember, there was

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<v Speaker 1>once a man to whom Christ had said, if thou

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<v Speaker 1>canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth

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<v Speaker 1>And his heart was and he cried out, Lord, I believe,

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<v Speaker 1>help thou mine unbelief. That was a faith that triumphed

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<v Speaker 1>over the devil, and the evil spirit was cast out.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you come and say, Lord, I yield myself

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<v Speaker 1>an absolute surrender to my God, even though it be

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<v Speaker 1>with a trembling heart and with the consciousness. I do

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<v Speaker 1>not feel the power, I do not feel the determination,

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<v Speaker 1>I do not feel the assurance it will succeed. Be

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<v Speaker 1>not afraid, but come just as you are, and even

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<v Speaker 1>in the midst of your trembling, the power of the

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Ghost will work. Have you never yet learned the

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<v Speaker 1>lesson that the Holy Ghost works with mighty power While

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<v Speaker 1>on the human side everything appears feeble. Look at the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord Jesus Christ. In Gathsemone we read that he, through

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<v Speaker 1>the eternal Spirit, offered himself a sacrifice unto God. The

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<v Speaker 1>almighty Spirit of God was enabling him to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet what agony and fear and exceeding sorrow came

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<v Speaker 1>over him, and how he prayed externally. You can see

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<v Speaker 1>no sign of the mighty power of the spirit. But

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<v Speaker 1>the spirit of God was there. And even so, while

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<v Speaker 1>you are feeble and fighting and trembling in faith in

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<v Speaker 1>the hidden work of God's Spirit, do not fear, but

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<v Speaker 1>yield yourself. And when you do yield yourself in absolute surrender,

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<v Speaker 1>let it be in the faith that God does now

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<v Speaker 1>accept of it. That is the great point, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is what we so often miss, that believers should be

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<v Speaker 1>thus occupied with God in this matter of surrender, I

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<v Speaker 1>pray you be occupied with God. We want to get

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<v Speaker 1>help every one of us, so that in our daily

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<v Speaker 1>life God shall be clearer to us. God shall have

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<v Speaker 1>the right place and be all in all. And if

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<v Speaker 1>we are to have that through life, let us begin

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<v Speaker 1>now and look away from ourselves and look up to God.

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<v Speaker 1>Let each believe, while I a poor worm on earth

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<v Speaker 1>and a trembling child of God, full of failure and

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<v Speaker 1>sin and fear, bow here, and no one knows what

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<v Speaker 1>passes through my heart. And while I in simplicity say,

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<v Speaker 1>O God, I accept thy terms. I have pleaded for

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<v Speaker 1>blessing on myself and others. I have accepted Thy terms

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<v Speaker 1>of absolute surrender. While your heart says that in deep silence,

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<v Speaker 1>Remember there is a God present that takes note of

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<v Speaker 1>it and writes it down in his book. And there

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<v Speaker 1>is a God present who at that very moment takes

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<v Speaker 1>possession of you. You may not feel it, you may

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<v Speaker 1>not realize, but God takes possession if you will trust him.

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<v Speaker 1>God not only claims it and works it and accepts

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<v Speaker 1>maintains your surrender. That is the great difficulty with many

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<v Speaker 1>people say, I have often been stirred at a meeting

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<v Speaker 1>or at a convention, and I have consecrated myself to God,

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<v Speaker 1>but it has passed away. I know it may last

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<v Speaker 1>now going to tell you and remind you of. When

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<v Speaker 1>Will you believe that in this matter of surrender there

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<v Speaker 1>are two God and I I a worm God, the

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<v Speaker 1>everlasting and omnipotent Jehovah worm. Will you be afraid to

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<v Speaker 1>trust yourself to this mighty God? Now? God is willing.

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<v Speaker 1>day by day and moment by moment, moment by moment,

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<v Speaker 1>from above. If God allows the sun to shine upon

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<v Speaker 1>you moment by moment without intermission. Will not God let

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<v Speaker 1>you not experienced it because you have not trusted God

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<v Speaker 1>for it, and you do not surrender yourself absolutely to

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<v Speaker 1>God in that trust. A life of absolute surrender has

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<v Speaker 1>something far more than difficulties. It is a life that

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<v Speaker 1>with men is absolutely impossible, but by the grace of God,

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Spirit dwelling in us. It is a life to

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<v Speaker 1>which we are destined, and a life that is possible

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<v Speaker 1>for us. Praise God. Let us believe that God will

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<v Speaker 1>maintain it. Some of you have read the words of

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<v Speaker 1>all God's goodness to him, I mean George Mueller. What

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<v Speaker 1>did he say? He believed to be the secret of

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<v Speaker 1>his happiness and of all the blessing which God had

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<v Speaker 1>given him. He said he believed there were two reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>The one was that he had been enabled by grace

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<v Speaker 1>to maintain a good conscience before God day by day.

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<v Speaker 1>The other was that he was a lover of God's word. Ah. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and prayer that is a life of absolute surrender. Such

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<v Speaker 1>a life has two sides. On the one side, absolute

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<v Speaker 1>surrender to work what God wants you to do. On

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<v Speaker 1>the other side, to let God work what He wants

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<v Speaker 1>to do. First, to do what God wants you to do,

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<v Speaker 1>give up yourselves absolutely to the will of God. You

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<v Speaker 1>know something of that will not enough, far from all.

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<v Speaker 1>But say absolutely to the Lord God, by thy grace,

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<v Speaker 1>I desire to do Thy will in everything, every moment

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<v Speaker 1>of every day. Say Lord God, not a word upon

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<v Speaker 1>my tongue, but for thy glory, not a movement of

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<v Speaker 1>my temper, but for Thy glory. Not an affection of

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<v Speaker 1>love or hate in my heart, but for Thy glory,

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<v Speaker 1>and according to Thy blessed will. Some one says, do

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<v Speaker 1>you think that possible? I ask, what has God promised you?

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<v Speaker 1>And what can God do to fill a vessel absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>surrendered to him? O, God wants to bless you in

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<v Speaker 1>a way beyond what you expect from the beginning. Ere

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<v Speaker 1>hath not heard, neither hath the eye seen what God

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<v Speaker 1>hath prepared for them that wait for him. God has

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<v Speaker 1>prepared unheard of things blessings much more wonderful than you

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<v Speaker 1>can imagine more mighty than you can conceive. They are

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<v Speaker 1>divine blessings. Oh, say now, I give myself absolutely to

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<v Speaker 1>God to his will, to do only what God wants.

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<v Speaker 1>It is God who will enable you to carry out

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<v Speaker 1>the surrender. And on the other side, come and say,

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<v Speaker 1>I give myself absolutely to God to let him work

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<v Speaker 1>in me to will and to do of his good

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<v Speaker 1>pleasure as he has promised to do. Yes, the Living

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<v Speaker 1>God wants to work in his children in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that we cannot understand, but that God's word has revealed,

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<v Speaker 1>and he wants to work in us every moment of

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<v Speaker 1>the day. God is willing to maintain our life. Only.

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<v Speaker 1>Let our absolute surrender be one of simple, childlike and

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<v Speaker 1>unbounded trust. God blesses you when you surrender this absolute

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<v Speaker 1>surrender to God. Will wonderfully bless what Ahab said to

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<v Speaker 1>his enemy King Benhadad, my lord, O King, according to

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<v Speaker 1>thy word, I am thine and all that I have.

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<v Speaker 1>Shall we not say to our God and Loving Father.

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<v Speaker 1>If we do say it, God's blessing will come upon us.

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<v Speaker 1>God wants us to be separate from the world. We

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<v Speaker 1>are called to come out from the world that hates God.

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<v Speaker 1>Come out for God and say, Lord, anything for THEE.

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<v Speaker 1>If you say that with prayer and speak that into

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<v Speaker 1>God's ear, he will accept it and he will teach

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<v Speaker 1>you what it means. I say again, God will bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>You have been praying for blessing. But do remember there

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<v Speaker 1>must be absolute surrender at every tea table you see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Why is tea poured into that cup because it is

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<v Speaker 1>empty and given up for the tea? But put ink

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<v Speaker 1>or vinegar or wine into it? And will they pour

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<v Speaker 1>the tea into the vessel? And can God fill you?

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<v Speaker 1>Can God bless you if you are not absolutely surrendered

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<v Speaker 1>to him. He cannot let us believe God has wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>blessings for us if we will but stand up for

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<v Speaker 1>God and say be it with a trembling will, yet

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<v Speaker 1>with a believing heart, O God, I accept thy demands.

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<v Speaker 1>I am Thine and all that I have absolute surrender

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<v Speaker 1>is what my soul yields to THEE. By Divine grace.

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<v Speaker 1>You may not have such strong and clear feelings of

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<v Speaker 1>deliverances as you would desire to have, but humble yourselves

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Spirit by your self, will self confidence and self effort,

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<v Speaker 1>bow humbly before him in the confession of that, and

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<v Speaker 1>ask him to break the heart and to bring you

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<v Speaker 1>into the dust before him. Then, as you bow before him,

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<v Speaker 1>just accept God's teaching that in your flesh there dwelleth

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<v Speaker 1>no good thing, and that nothing will help you except

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<v Speaker 1>another life, which must come in. You must deny self

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<v Speaker 1>once for all. Denying self must every moment be the

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<v Speaker 1>power of your life. And then Christ will come in

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<v Speaker 1>and take possession of you. When was Peter delivered? When

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<v Speaker 1>was the change accomplished? The change began with Peter weeping,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Holy Ghost came down and filled his heart. God,

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<v Speaker 1>the Father loves to give us the power of the Spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>We have the Spirit of God dwelling within us. We

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<v Speaker 1>come to God confessing that and praising God for it,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet confessing how we have grieved the spirit. And

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<v Speaker 1>then we bow our needs to the Father to ask

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit in the inner man, and that he would fill

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<v Speaker 1>us with his mighty power. And as the Spirit reveals

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<v Speaker 1>Christ to us, Christ comes to live in our hearts forever,

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<v Speaker 1>and the self life is cast out. Let us bow

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<v Speaker 1>before God in humility, and in that humility confess before

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<v Speaker 1>him the state of the whole Church. No words can

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<v Speaker 1>tell the sad state of the Church of Christ on earth.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I had words to speak what I sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>feel about it. Just think of the Christians around you.

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<v Speaker 1>but I speak of hundreds and thousands of honest, earnest

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<v Speaker 1>Christians who are not living a life in the power

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<v Speaker 1>of God or to His glory. So little power, so

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<v Speaker 1>little devotion or consecration to God, so little perception of

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<v Speaker 1>the truth that a Christian is a man utterly surrendered

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<v Speaker 1>to God's will. Oh, we want to confess the sins

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<v Speaker 1>of God's people around us and to humble ourselves. We

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<v Speaker 1>are members of that sickly body, and the sickliness of

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<v Speaker 1>we come to God and in confession, separate ourselves from

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<v Speaker 1>partnership with worldliness, with coldness toward each other, unless we

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<v Speaker 1>How much Christian work is being done in the spirit

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<v Speaker 1>much work day by day in which human energy, our will,

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<v Speaker 1>in which there is but little of waiting upon God

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<v Speaker 1>make confession. But as we confess the state of the

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<v Speaker 1>among us, let us come back to ourselves. Who is

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<v Speaker 1>there who truly longs to be delivered from the power

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<v Speaker 1>the power of Self and the flesh, and who is

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<v Speaker 1>willing to cast all at the feet of Christ there

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<v Speaker 1>is deliverance. I heard of one who had been an

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<v Speaker 1>separation and death. But you do not think that, do you?

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<v Speaker 1>What are we to think of separation and death? This

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<v Speaker 1>death was the path to glory for Christ, for the

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<v Speaker 1>joy set before him, he endured the cross. The cross

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<v Speaker 1>was the birthplace of his everlasting glory. Do you love Christ?

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<v Speaker 1>Let death be to you the most mirabl thing on earth,

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<v Speaker 1>Death to self and fellowship with Christ. Separation. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>entirely free from the world, and by that separation, to

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<v Speaker 1>be united to God and his love. By separation, to

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<v Speaker 1>Surely one ought to say anything to bring me to separation,

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<v Speaker 1>to death for a life of full fellowship with God

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<v Speaker 1>and Christ. Come and cast this self, life and flesh

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<v Speaker 1>life at the feet of Jesus. Then trust him. Do

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<v Speaker 1>not worry yourselves with trying to understand all about it,

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<v Speaker 1>into you with the power of his death and the

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<v Speaker 1>bring the whole Christ, Christ crucified and risen and living

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<v Speaker 1>in glory into your heart. End of absolute surrender.