0592. 579. “Not I, but Christ”

579. “Not I, but Christ”

“As you grow in your art,” said Gounod, to the young poet, “you will judge the great masters of the past as I now judge the. great musicians of former times. At your age I used to say ‘I,’ at twenty-five I said, ‘I and Mozart,’ at forty, ‘Mozart and I;’ now I say, ‘Mozart’.” The same thing is illustrated in the life of the believer who is growing in grace. At first the cry is:

1. “What must I do to be saved?” (Act_16:30).

2. Then, “That I may be found in Christ” (Php_3:9).

3. Then, “Christ liveth in me” (Gal_2:20).

4. Lastly, “Christ is All” (Col_3:11).

By: DR. F. E. MARSH