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As members of the fallen
race we were incapable of doing any work which our holy God could
accept. Our present standing, therefore, as Christians, is not the
result of anything that the old creature did, or could have done. It
is not of ourselves; it is the gift of God. This lesson must be
thoroughly appreciated, else we shall be continually in danger of
falling….So far from considering the new heart, mind and will as an
evolution of the old creature, the Apostle would have us understand
distinctly that it is a new and separate creation. We were created
in Christ Jesus, God’s workmanship—prepared for good works,
but not by good
works. |