Great thoughts

Just a quote from a favorite author of mine...


"The Spirit of Christ is extremely practical in His operations. He uses everyday means in bringing our positional sanctification into our experience. As we reckon upon the fact of self's crucifixion, He conveys the effect of that finished work into our lives through daily circumstances. Due to our weakness and sinfulness, He is able to utilize situations and human relationships to show us what we are in ourselves. We are thereby faced with the choice: self or Christ. If we count ourselves to have died to sin and self, the emancipation of the cross is experienced within. And as we abide in the Lord Jesus, knowing ourselves to be alive to God in Him, He is free to manifest Himself more fully in our condition. This is spiritual growth. The "works" of the flesh are curtailed, the "fruit" of the Spirit is revealed. "For me to live is Christ..." Philippians 1:21" "

--Miles Stanford, The Complete Green Letters