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He has overcome the world. United to Him, Who has overcome
the world, we overcome the world? Do you believe that you have
righteousness of your own? Or is it imputed? Do you believe that
you have any strength of your own? Or is it imputed? Just so,
your wisdom, your sanctification, your patience and your love is all
imputed. He is love, and you are accepted in the Beloved. He is
elect, and you are elect in Him. He is the Son of God, and you
are a son of God in Him. Victory is also imputed. Victory belongs
to Him, not you, not me and not us!

How does that work practically? How many times have we said,
“Lord, give me victory over my impatience. Give me victory over
my temper. Give me victory over my critical spirit. Lord,
overpower and conquer my flesh. Curb my love of money and
material things.” That’s ALL WRONG!! Those are unscriptural
prayers. It will NEVER happen. It’s impossible. It is futile.
There is no word of promise, that God will ever do any such thing.
My life excluded from the life of God, is to be laid aside. Not
overcome!! It is to be “put off”, and not conquered. But what is
the new self; the new man? It is the Life of God excluded from
the life of man. Read Ephesians 4:23 & 24,

“That you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on
the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created
in righteousness and holiness of the truth.”

What is the Christian life? It is not fighting sin. It is appropriating
the Life of God and becoming like Him. It’s letting Him live. He is
victorious. He is holy, He is pure. His life is in fellowship with
God. The simplicity of this is what makes it so wonderful. I don’t
have to run after thousands of things or even a dozen or even two
things. To the degree that I let Him live, to that degree I will see
the fruit of His Life.
Our one responsibility, is to go after God Himself. We MUST
NOT try to die or try to crucify self!! God will take care of that. He
will always work death in our lives. He will engineer the details
of our life to bring us to the end of ourselves. The good news is