Revelation and responsibility. God has not revealed his truth in such a way as to leave us free at our pleasure to believe or disbelieve it, to obey or disobey it. Revelation carries with it responsibility, and the clearer the revelation, the greater the responsibility to believe and obey it. --- From "The Letters of John" by John R.W. Stott

Thus both our repudiation of the flesh and our surrender to the Spirit need to be repeated daily, however decisive our original repudiation and surrender may have been. In Jesus' words, we are to 'take up (our) cross daily' and follow him (Lk 9:23). We are also to go on being filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18), as we open our personality to him daily. Both our repudiation and our surrender are also to be worked out in disciplined habits of life. It is those who 'sow to the Spirit' (Gal.

The Work of the Spirit. Faith in the Spirit's power. Some of us are not leading holy lives for the simple reason that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. No man ever cries aloud for deliverance who has not seen his own wretchedness. In other words, the only way to arrive at faith in the power of the Holy Spirit is along the road of self-despair---From "Men Made New" by John R.W. Stott

They have not minced their words. Daily Bible studies remind them that they are members of another kingdom, that they have been called first and foremost to proclaim the gospel to everyone, making disciples of all men, women and children and that includes EVERYONE from practicing homosexuals to followers of Islam, animists, nominal Christians and tribalists. No exceptions.

Jesus is Lord, there is no other.