Obedience to the Formation of Christ (RH)
Obedience is a tool that God uses to prepare men to acquire a divine nature. Disobedience is not just violating explicit instructions; it is a learning called the course of this world. It is designed to make men aliens to God’s life. Obedience is also a way — a pattern of life and a means for the formation of nature in men (Rom. 5:19).
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Prospering In Our Christ Formation (RH)
(2 Cor. 12:7). True exaltation is not in knowledge; it is in life acquired. When we receive knowledge, we have been called to exaltation. The specific exaltation that Paul was speaking of in 2 Corinthians 12:7 is the abundance of revelation, which is the abundance of grace (Rom. 5:17). Grace has its measure; it begins with insight and the eyes of our understanding being enlightened (Eph. 1:18). Any time the Lord causes us to understand what we have not previously known, He is calling us to exaltation.
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