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If you could change through self effort you would not need the Lord. Furthermore, any attempt on your part to earn or deserve His acceptance disqualifies you right away. Why? Because you are trying to be the source of your own salvation, your own significance, and your own strength. So what's the answer? Die to "self' and allow Christ to live through you! Listen to these challenging words, "Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle, but never get around to exercising it in real life. . . If God Himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of Him. "Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed God won't know what we're talking about. But for you. . . in whom He dwells - even though you still experience all the limitations of sin - you yourself experience life on God's terms. "It stands to reason, doesn't it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead, moves into your life, He'll do the same thing in you that He did in Jesus, bringing you alive to Himself' (Romans 8:5-11). How can you tell when Christ is alive in you? That's simple; when others look at you they will see Him. When they listen to you they will hear Him. When they walk with you they will discover they are following Him. Is Christ living in you?
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