Mere mental assimilation of these truths cannot withstand temptation, however. The revelation of God is positively essential. The Spirit of God must reveal how we are in Christ and how we are united with Him in one.

Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God's will.

Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.

And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ.

Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the cross.

If whatever men know comes through their brain without the Holy Spirit regenerating their spirit, then their knowledge will help them not one whit. If their belief rests in man's wisdom and not in God's power, they are merely excited in their soul.

People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.