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Back to the Cross again! It is there, within our reach. "Our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin; for he that is dead is freed from sin." BACK TO THE CROSS AGAIN IT IS THERE WITHIN OUR REACH OUR OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM THAT THE BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE DESTROYED THAT HENCEFORTH WE SHOULD NOT SERVE SIN FOR HE THAT IS DEAD IS FREED FROM SIN
 year's leaf, and let it flow into this year's bud. And before the soul can really enter upon a life of holiness, with all its blessed endless possibilities, a like choice must be made: all known sin must be deliberately given up, that the rising current may have its full play. "But," you say, "I have tried again and again to give up sin: I have prayed, and I have resolved, but the will finds its way back into the old channels, and is keeping alive the past before I know it." Look at our parable. If you picked off one of the dead leaves and examined the leaf-stalk through a microscope, you would find that the old channel is silted up by a barrier invisible to the naked eye. The plant has shut the door on the last year's leaf, condemning it to decay, and soon without further effort the stalk loosens, the winds of God play around it, and it falls away. But where is the barrier that we can place between ourselves and the old nature? Where is the sentence of death that we can pass upon it?  MUST WITHDRAW ITS SAP FROM LAST YEAR'S LEAF AND LET IT FLOW INTO THIS YEAR'S BUD AND BEFORE THE SOUL CAN REALLY ENTER UPON A LIFE OF HOLINESS WITH ALL ITS BLESSED ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES A LIKE CHOICE MUST BE MADE ALL KNOWN SIN MUST BE DELIBERATELY GIVEN UP THAT THE RISING CURRENT MAY HAVE ITS FULL PLAY BUT YOU SAY I HAVE TRIED AGAIN AND AGAIN TO GIVE UP SIN I HAVE PRAYED AND I HAVE RESOLVED BUT THE WILL FINDS ITS WAY BACK INTO THE OLD CHANNELS AND IS KEEPING ALIVE THE PAST BEFORE I KNOW IT LOOK AT OUR PARABLE IF YOU PICKED OFF ONE OF THE DEAD LEAVES AND EXAMINED THE LEAF STALK THROUGH A MICROSCOPE YOU WOULD FIND THAT THE OLD CHANNEL IS SILTED UP BY A BARRIER INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE THE PLANT HAS SHUT THE DOOR ON LAST YEAR'S LEAF CONDEMNING IT TO DECAY AND SOON WITHOUT FURTHER EFFORT THE STALK LOOSENS THE WINDS OF GOD PLAY AROUND IT AND IT FALLS AWAY BUT WHERE IS THE BARRIER THAT WE CAN PLACE BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE OLD NATURE WHERE IS THE SENTENCE OF DEATH THAT WE CAN PASS UPON IT
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