Elisha at Jordan<\/p>\n
"And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on" (2Ki_2:6).<\/p>\n
1. The Jordan stands, in Christian experience for the death of the self-life. This is the lesson of the twelve stones in the river bed.<\/p>\n
How difficult is the journey to the Jordan. We may gladly give up the world and conquer at Jericho, but self dies hard.<\/p>\n
Self spelled backward is almost "flesh." Self is the old man, the "I," the "in me" in which there dwells no good thing.<\/p>\n
Self delights to beautify itself; it boasts of its piety, is proud of its humility, and rejoices in its own praise.<\/p>\n
Self feasts on commendation, fattens on prominence and feels always its own importance.<\/p>\n
Our self-life seeketh its own, it cannot bear criticism; it gets a sore case of the blues when complained against; it is greatly concerned in "what the people will think and say about it."<\/p>\n
Our self-life wants its own way, makes its own plans, and pleases its own self. It cannot bear to be disputed.<\/p>\n
The believer who wants to go with God must go by way of the Jordan. It is there he learns what it means to say: "I am crucified with Christ", and "Not I, but Christ"; and it is there that he learns the meaning of "if any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me".<\/p>\n
2. The Jordan stands, in Christian experience, for resurrection to a new life. This is seen in that twelve stones were also placed at the river bank, on the Canaan side.<\/p>\n
Not only is the old man reckoned dead, crucified, buffeted, denied, made powerless; but the new life is made manifest.<\/p>\n
We are "raised * * together with Him". We are lifted up to new ground. We walk in "newness of life".<\/p>\n
Blessed hour, when the new life is ours, when we are made to sit together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n
It is not enough to put off the old; we must put on the new. It is not enough to come out of the tomb; we must be loosed indeed from our grave clothes and made to walk in real resurrection power.<\/p>\n
"No more need fear, and no more doubting,<\/p>\n
No more need pride control my life:<\/p>\n
I may be free from condemnation<\/p>\n
I can have victory in the strife.<\/p>\n
There is a place, praise God, I’ve found it,<\/p>\n
There is a place where we may be free;<\/p>\n
Free from defeat, with power surrounded;<\/p>\n
Yes, there is victory, Lord, in Thee.<\/p>\n
I take this life of victory,<\/p>\n
Not I but Christ, Himself, in me;<\/p>\n
He conquers now, He sets me free;<\/p>\n
He gives, I take the victory."<\/p>\n
–Paul Rader.<\/p>\n
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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