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LOVE is YOU

01 Thursday Sep 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Encouragement, Fellowship, Fellowship with God, God's Love, Holiness, Intimacy with God, Power of His Resurrection, Resisting the Devil, Sanctification, Satan, sin, The Dark Night of the Soul, The Dark Night of the Spirit, The Kingdom of God

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After sunrise in the Public Pool (Fürth/Scherbsgraben) Photo by Susanne Schuberth

After sunrise in the Public Pool (Fürth/Scherbsgraben)
Photo by Susanne Schuberth

After a pretty long and dry period without much inspiration, here is another joint article by Michael Clark and me.

Satan is a liar. And he is very good at that. He tells us to worry about tomorrow because God would not care or provide. Therefore, we fear the future although we might know there are Scriptures which promise the opposite of what the devil keeps whispering into our ears. If we are tempted to sin, our enemy embellishes the act of sinning and plays the consequences down by offering us only good feelings that should make us fall asleep spiritually. And what is worst, Satan tries to convince us that God could NEVER give us what he, Satan, offers. Instead, he presents God as a someone who would take everything from us which would, if we listened to the devil, make our life worthwhile (I am mainly referring to sin here). Although we might spell out the appropriate Bible verses to the angel of light, he will only laugh at us, knowing that our natural heart is terribly wicked and inclined to commit every sin imaginable if the right conditions were presented to us.

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Being led by the Holy Spirit

09 Wednesday Mar 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Abundant Life, Agape, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Building up the Body of Christ, Discerning the Spirits, Eternal Life, Exhortation, False Spirits, God's Love, God's Voice, Gospels, Holy Spirit, Justification, New Self, Old Self, Sanctification, Spirit vs. Flesh, Walking in the Spirit

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Baptism in the Holy Spirit, discerning the spirits, exhortation, experience, justification, killing sin, Matthew Poole, peace, prayer without ceasing, sanctification, sealed with the Holy Spirit, T.A. Sparks, the law, the new self, the old self, Tullian Tchividjian

We know we are God's children if we have been sealed by Him. (Picture credits http://knowing-jesus.com/wp-content/uploads/Ephesians-1-13-Sealed-With-The-Holy-Spirit-red-copy.jpg)

We know we are God’s children if we have been sealed by Him.
(Picture credits http://knowing-jesus.com/wp-content/uploads/Ephesians-1-13-Sealed-With-The-Holy-Spirit-red-copy.jpg)

The Holy Spirit’s method is to set His seal upon us as we move according to His leading; not according to our fancy, choice, aptitude, predilection or ambition. – T. Austin Sparks

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Instead of Sanctification: The crossless gospel spirit

10 Thursday Dec 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Building up the Body of Christ, Christianity, Deception, Delusion, Discerning the Spirits, Doctrine, Exhortation, False Spirits, Happiness, Healing, Justification, Living in the Presence of God, New Self, Old Self, Resisting the Devil, Salvation, Sanctification, Spiritual Guidance, The Fear of God, The Gospel

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Every gospel that focuses on man instead of focusing on Christ is anti-Christian by nature. (Picture taken from https://thepropheticnews.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/antichrist.jpg)

Every gospel that focuses on man instead of focusing on Christ is anti-Christian by nature.
(Picture taken from https://thepropheticnews.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/antichrist.jpg)

I am sure there are more versions of that kind of gospel today and I presume there will pop up more and more of them in these last confusing days where Satan appears as an angel of light. However, I want to merely focus on two different manifestations of the crossless gospel I have met particularly on the internet since I began to write online comments in English on December 1, 2011. I would like to refer to these two confusing sub-categories as Spiritless Salvation of the Sinner and Spiritual Self-Salvation.

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“Walking In the Light as He Is In the Light” by Michael and Susanne

18 Friday Sep 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Building up the Body of Christ, Church, Dying to Self, Fellowship, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Fellowship with God, Healing, Life in the Kingdom of God, Light and Darkness, Sanctification, The Cross, Truth in Love, Walking in the Light

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“And we are writing this that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” (1 John 1:4-7 RSVA)

Susanne wrote, “Meanwhile I believe that God only shows us that there is no good thing coming from the old man in order to bring forth those genuinely good things that spring from a new God-given heart. But the process until we are through with all these “ouch-experiences” and our natural tendency to run from pain and/or to attack the one who offended us is indeed PAINFUL.”

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Who wants to experience the final death of self aka “Mystic Death”?

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Being Born Again, Christian Mystics, Dying to Self, Entering His Rest, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Maturity, My Spiritual Diary, Mysticism, Psychology, Sanctification, The Dark Night of the Soul, The Dark Night of the Spirit, Trusting God

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Clouds obscuring the Source of Light (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

Clouds Obscuring the Source of Light
(Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

If there was another way to encounter the Living God and to stay in His holy and pure presence 24/7 here on earth and eternally too, I would have immediately said, “No, thank you, I am content as it is, no more death in my life needed.” Well, having been plunged into the second part of the dark night of the soul, the dark night of the spirit, in fall 2013, yet without interruption only one year ago, I today gave in after so many struggles with and against God since I saw it makes no sense to pray to God that I might have it my own way any longer. That means, if this death will continue to last for years in which I neither have any interest in God nor in spiritual things and in which God gives me more and more sickness and pain, then so be it. Period.

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Jumping into the Unknown

22 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Being Set Free, Dying to Self, Entering the Promised Land, Eternal Life, Following Jesus, Justification, Power of His Resurrection, Sanctification, Self-Forgetfulness, The Dark Night of the Soul, Walking in the Spirit

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God's Hand keeps us secure - always (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

God’s Hand keeps us secure – always
(Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

What is the goal we will reach after a comparatively short justification process and very long sanctification process? Actually, I want to offer you some food for thought here.
Although I believe that only a handful of people experienced that blissful condition of having died to self completely, it might be interesting to read Augustine of Hippo’s thoughts about how our whole inner life will have changed as soon as we have entered the invisible kingdom of God.

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Sanctification – our spiritual workout

09 Thursday Apr 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Communion, Fellowship, God's Love, Holy Spirit, Maturity, Sanctification, Seeing God, Spiritual Life, The Word of God, Walking in the Spirit, Wisdom

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Just a Look from Above... (Photo by Paul Schuberth)

Just a Look from Above…
(Photo by Paul Schuberth)

Just imagine you were an experienced mountain climber and there was a particular mountain you know like the back of your hand. You have been at the summit several times, you even found different ways to climb up and down, your muscles are athletically trained, and your body knows how to deal with sudden pains and injuries too. Looking at the sky before you begin to climb, you know from your own experience without consulting the weather forecast which weather lies ahead of you and you know which clothing and how much food you will need.

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What does it mean to be spiritual?

30 Monday Mar 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Desire, Faith, Maturity, New Self, Sanctification, Spiritual Life, Walking in the Spirit

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Crocuses in the City Park (Stadtpark Fürth, March 2015) Photo by Susanne Schuberth

Crocuses in the City Park (Stadtpark Fürth, March 2015)
Photo by Susanne Schuberth

In the past I read rather often that Christians tried hard to be “more spiritual” because they had observed others who seemed to have arrived at a more mature level of spirituality than they themselves. And at that point as insecurity set in, they began to ask, “How do we get there? How to become spiritual at all or even more spiritual?”
The apostle Paul defined Christian spirituality for us. He wrote in his letter to the Romans,

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God’s Love vs. human love

14 Saturday Mar 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Being Set Free, Dying to Self, Ecstasy, Encouragement, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Following Jesus, God's Love, Maturity, New Self, Old Self, Power of His Resurrection, Sanctification, Suffering and Joy, The Dark Night of the Soul

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His Love is Stronger than Death... (Picture taken from http://guardthedoor.com/day-8-love-is-not-jealous/)

His Love is Stronger than Death…
(Picture taken from http://guardthedoor.com/day-8-love-is-not-jealous/)

Am I able to love like God loves? No, never, and that won’t ever change. But I do know as soon as my old self has been completely died, I can.
How is that possible? The only hindrance to let God’s love fully flow through us and from us to others is the old Adam, the one who has not yet given up on trying to do God’s work, the one who has not yet stricken his colors and given into that painful process of dying to self whatever the cost. I do admit that cutting heart pains day and night are not fun, really. 😦 Yet Jesus didn’t promise us that circumcision of the heart by pruning our old and worthless branches would be all joy and pleasure. Instead, He called sanctification “the narrow way to life” which only a few were able to find during their lifetime. Our goal should be the one the apostle Paul by grace had already achieved as he described here,

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Gal 2:20 ESV)

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Justification vs. Sanctification

23 Tuesday Sep 2014

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Church, Doctrine, Faith, Justification, Life in the Kingdom of God, Light and Darkness, Repentance, Sanctification, Seeking the Truth, Theology, Walking in the Spirit

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Light after the Darkness (Wallpaper taken from http://www.scenicreflections.com)

Light after the Darkness (Wallpaper taken from http://www.scenicreflections.com)

“Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel.”
(William Gurnall)

“The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.”
(A.B. Simpson)

To start off with, I’d say that we as humans are neither able to justify nor to sanctify ourselves in order to make our way to God. Instead, both transforming periods of spiritual life are gifts from our Father through Jesus Christ. While the first one, justification, changes our whole thinking regarding God, ourselves, and others, and gives us the bedrock our spiritual house can be built upon, the second process that sanctifies our whole being enables us to change our behavior, too.

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