The truth of the Gospel of Christ, the good news is that it is a substitutionary position. It is not about me doing better, or trying harder, or being more determined. It is not about me plus Jesus trying harder, being more determined, or even being better. That is where we got it all wrong! Some preach, "Try as best you can, everyone falls short, so don't worry." That is you trying, or should I say, failing? Or others preach "Just pray for more strength over this or that, or pray harder to get the victory." And that is you plus Him, and that won't work either. But what does the Word say? "I live, yet not I, but Jesus lives in me to both will and to do that will/His good pleasure!" It is Him not me, and that my friend is "good news" the True Gospel. The harder you work, the more the law of sin and death will be manifest. (Romans 7) The more I die and He lives in me, the more the Life of the Spirit within is manifest. (Romans 8) Be blessed.
Billy and Jan Wells
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