Surrender

I've brought this word up quite a few times, but this time it's the real meaning of surrender.  Let's take it to heart!

There are some who are seeking, always seeking, for the goodly pearl.  But the do not make an entire surrender of their wrong habits.  They do not ie to self that Christ may live in them.  Therefore they do not find the precious pearl.

Implicit belief in Christ's word is true humility, true self-surrender.

When the soul surrenders itself to Christ, a new power takes possession of the new heart.  A change is wrought which man can never accomplish for himself.  It is a supernatural work, bringing a supernatural element into human nature.  The soul that is yielded to Christ becomes His own fortress, which He holds in a revolted world, and He intends that no authority shall be known in it but His own.  A soul thus kept in possession by the heavenly agencies is impregnable to the assaults of Satan.
The only defense against evil is the indwelling of Christ in the heart through faith in His righteousness.  Unless we become vitally connected with God, we can never resist the unhallowed effects of self-love, self-indulgence, an temptation to sin.  We may leave off many bad habits, for the time we may part company with Satan; but without a vital connection with God, through the surrender of ourselves to Him moment by moment, we shall be over come.  Surrender and death to self equal the same thing.

This is victory over sin, written in simple language for me and I hope that you get it too.  Ask God to help you with understanding any of these posts that seen cloudy to you, He knows your heart and will assist you in your understanding and give you the victories that your need.  Grandma Joan