Weekly Devotion -
March 7, 2010
Living Un-Defeated
Is That
Even Possible?
No
one wants to be a loser. So how do
we live the
undefeated
life as Christians? Is this even
possible? The un-defeated life is
not without trial and difficulties and
failure. The un-defeated life is
Christ Jesus in us and for us (Galatians
2:20). The key to living
the un-defeated life is living
un-defiled in doctrine, devotion,
and duty. Our doctrine must be
Christ crucified... Our devotion must be
Christ sanctified... Our duty must be
Christ glorified. The un-defeated
life is most potent in public when it is
undefiled in secrecy. Or else,
pretense and deceit will be our undoing.
A
conscious decision and determination to
remain yielded to Christ and His
likeness is born from knowing the truth
and obeying it. The un-defeated
life of Christ is the peace of God that
sustains us in a world that is falling
to pieces (Philippians
4:6,7).
Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger
Last
Week's Devotion...
Prideful... Not Me!
Believers
are often torn between two
extremes:
total abandonment to Christ or
subjection to the wishes of our pride.
Beware of your pride; it's only goal is
death.
The
most necessary discipline of the
Christian life is a consistent
dependence and yielding to the
indwelling Holy Spirit. Our worldly
understanding will never understand
this.
Absolute
humility and
harmony with Christ and His Word is the
only true and legitimate way to engage
reality. Christ alone is the means of
joy, peace, hope, contentment, and
holiness. Our pride is often a
counterfeit of obedience to Christ.
Pride is living a lie. A prideful
believer will always lack
appreciation for God's authority.
Their Pride may be
subtle; but it will never let you be
settled with God's will. There is nothing more extreme than
to trust God with all your heart. the
alternative (pride: the making of
self) is a certain pathway to
despair and death. 
Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger
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