March 19 Manna
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance; but as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. 1Peter 1:14-15
SOME Christians have the erroneous idea that God does all the fashioning, and that His children are to be merely passive in His hand; but Peter does not so express it. He exhorts us to fashion ourselves according to the divine instructions. There is work to be done in us and about us, and those who are not up and doing, but who passively sit and wait for the Lord to work miracles in their behalf, are greatly deceived and are giving the enemy great advantage over them, which he will certainly use to bind them hand and foot and cast them into outer darkness, unless they bestir themselves to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling. Z.’03-55 R3150:1
Beloved of Our Lord,
Shalom!
Attached are three documents of the March 19th Manna Text, for your consideration.
R5685-87:
The term “old man” stands for the human will, which once dominated the being … But the body of the “old man”–the fleshly tabernacle–is still retained after the old will has been discharged and the new will has come in. The New Creature, with new impulses, a new purpose, uses the mortal body as its servant. The new will is now master.
This “new man”–this spirit-begotten New Creature–is to develop by acting upon the knowledge that it gains …
The gross sins of the flesh gradually become distasteful even to those once in bondage to them. When these are conquered, a great victory has been won. But there are subtle sins that lurk in the flesh of all those who have become the Lord’s; and these dispositions hide themselves in such a manner that they frequently deceive the new will, which needs to be educated up to a clear appreciation of the principles of righteousness…
We could never succeed in this fight unaided. Hence, we must keep very close to the Lord. We must “watch and pray,” putting on and keeping securely fastened to us the whole armor of God. The time is short in which to complete this work in ourselves. Then let us be diligent!