Christ - Confidence
Christ - Confidence Christ confidence “For we worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh” (Phil. 3:3). There is no place for self-confidence in the Christian life Contrary to general opinion, there is no place for self-confidence in the Christian life. Christianity is the life of Christ living in a believer. Confidence in self is forgetting who saved you and where your victory lies. Confidence is essential But not from the source of self. The awakened believer is so keenly aware of the sinful self-life that, for him, self-confidence is out of the question. In time, his “O wretched man” complex is replaced by “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 7:24, 25). Christ-confidence is the basis for the healthy Christian’s walk. Sinful self-confidence is the basis for the sickly Christian’s defeat. What our Father does to revive confidence in us “Our Father takes all things from under our feet u...