The World – Knowing we are in Christ, February 1, 2025

CHILD OF TWO WORLDSA. W. Tozer     “In the kingdom of God, the surest way to lose something is to try to protect it, and the best way to keep it is to let it go. This was the word of our Lord Jesus Christ: ‘If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross!’ Christ turned from the fallen world of Adam and spoke about another world altogether, a world where Adam's philosophy is invalid and his technique inoperative. He spoke of the kingdom of God whose laws are exactly opposite to those of the kingdom of men. So, the true Christian is a child of two worlds. He lives among fallen men, but when he is regenerated, he is called to live according to the laws and principles that underlie the new kingdom. He may, then, find himself trying to live a heavenly life after an earthly pattern-and this is what Paul called ‘carnal’ living. That is why it is vitally important to move up into the life of the Spirit of God. Give up your earthly ‘treasures’ and the Lord will keep them for you unto life eternal!”

     “We know that we have come to know Him if we obey His commands. The man who says, ‘I know Him,’ but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in Him. But if anyone obeys His Word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him:

Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:3-6)