[Manna - July 11]
Whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not,... but keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 1 John 5:18
SO long as the heart (the mind, the will) is holy, in
harmony with God and righteousness,—that is to say,
so long as the seed of our begetting, the spirit of holiness,
continues in us,—the new mind cannot approve
of sin, but must and will be its opponent.
Even though
many of the battles fought are with the members of
our fallen and weak human nature, their appetites
and desires, we nevertheless, as "New Creatures," are
separate and distinct from the flesh, and the weaknesses
and imperfections of the flesh are not imputed
to the New Creature in Christ Jesus, but are reckoned
as covered, hidden under the merits of our Lord's
redemptive sacrifice. Z.'99-58 R2440:4