Christ my very peace is

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Christ my very peace is
And my life within;
Sharing in the spirit
I unite with Him.
 
Following the Spirit,
Living in the Lord,
Life He doth supply me
  And His peace afford.
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To the Lord belonging,
Bound I’ll never be,
For the law of life now
Sets me wholly free.
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Minding flesh no longer,
I’ll the spirit mind;
Self-will never follow,
But the Spirit’s find.
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Christ within empow’rs me
Spiritual to be!
E’en my body quick’ning
By His pow’r in me.
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Spirit with the spirit
Witnesseth in one,
I’m of God begotten,
Heir with Christ the Son.

Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.

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Un Hermano

F. In His Being

a Delight to God

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We may experience Christ also in His being a delight to God. The Lord Jesus was always a delight to God. On two occasions a voice from the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I delight” (Matt. 3:17 ; 17:5). If we today live a life of Christ as our burnt offering, we too shall be a delight to God.

Paul experienced Christ in this way. In Galatians 1:10 he says, “For am I now persuading men or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a slave of Christ. ” Paul lived a life which was a repetition of Christ’s life, pleasing God all the time. His life, therefore, was a delight to God.

We may think that Paul was extraordinary, that his living was incomparable, and that his standard is too high for us. Yet Paul told us to be imitators of him (1 Cor. 4:16 ; 11:1). Paul was the same as we are. He was a human being, he was part of the old creation, and he lived in the flesh. Whether we imitate Paul in being a delight to God depends on whether we live or Christ lives in us. If we are the ones living, we cannot be a delight to God. But if we let Christ live for us and if we live by Christ and even live Christ, our life will surely be a delight to God. Whenever our life is a delight to God, we shall have within us a deep sense regarding this. We shall know that we are living a life which is a Life-study of Leviticusrepetition of the life of Christ and which is a delight to God.

Life-study of Leviticus

Message 9 (LSM)


Maurice Ward

Irving, Texas, United States

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God

Matthew 5:9


Juris Bergs

Seattle, Florida, United States

Absolutely wonderful, deep and rich of experience hymn. Love to sing it again and again.


Pat Snyder

New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada

Following the Spirit

living in the Lord

Life He both supply me

And His peace afford!

Stanza 4 is added:

4. No more God's foe, clashing,

With God's law contend;

Righteousness surpassing,

Law-keeping transcend.

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