die Schönheit des Simplexen

Key #1
The Spirit, Not the Flesh
Men try to lift themselves, but there is no inspiration in that. But when you are lifted by the Spirit, when you are taken on with God, things all come into perfect harmony, and you go forth right on to victory.1

Key #2
Brokenness
And I say that unless God brings us into a place of brokenness of spirit, unless God remolds in the great plan of His will for us, the best of us shall utterly fail… There is hope for Pentecost only on broken conditions.2

Key #3
Found in Him
When shall we know He is there? When we are „found in Him“ (Philippians 3,9), not having our own work or our own plans, but resting in the omnipotent plan of God.3

Key #4
Boldness
Boldness is in His holiness. Boldness is in His righteousness. Boldness is in His truth. You cannot have the boldness of faith if you are not pure.4

„Boldness“ ist schwer zu übersetzen. Das entsprechende griechische Wort wird in den deutschen Übersetzungen oft als „Freimut“ wiedergegeben. Es bedeutet, sich seiner Sache gegen alle Widerstände so gewiss ist, dass man mutig zu ihr steht. Man weiß, dass man Botschafter Christi ist und traut sich die Wahrheit zu sagen und zu ihr zu stehen. Freimut ist das Gegenteil von Menschenfurcht, eine Eigenschaft, die es uns ermöglicht mehr auf Gott zu schauen als auf die Menschen.
es liegt nahe, dass ein gutes Gewissen uns hilft, freimütig zu sein. Sünde bringt mit sich das Gefühl nicht gerecht vor Gott zu stehen. Mit einem solchen Gefühl ist es schwer freimütig zu sein. Wer Gottes Kraft mehr sehen will, der braucht Freimut. Hier schließt sich der logische Kreis zwischen Heiligkeit und Kraft.

Madden schreibt dazu:
Isaiah 64,4 says, „our righteousnesses are like filfthy rags.“ Yet Proverbs 28,1 states that „the righteous are bold as a lion.“ In these verses we see to different types of righteousness, or trying to obtain right standing with God by your own deeds; and God´s righteousness, or resting in the right standing that Jesus won for us. We may think we are living in God´s righteousness without realizing that we are still operating in our own. God´s righteousness will produce purity, holiness, and the boldness of faith. Our righteousness absolutey will not.

Key #5
The Fellowship of His Sufferings
Remember, unless that fellowship touches us, we shall never have much power….May God give us this morning such „fellowship of His sufferings“ (Philippians 3,10) that when we see… the crooked and helpless woman or man, so infirm, may God give us a compassion, may God give us a fellowship with them that will undo their heavy burdens and set them free. How often we have missed the victory because we did not have the Lord´s compassion at the needed moment! We failed to go through with a broken heart.5

Key #6
Conformed to His Death
The Lord wants us to understand that we must come to a place where our natural lives cease, and by the power of God we rise into lives where God rules, where He reigns. Do you long to know Him? Do you long to „found in Him“ (Philippians 3,9)?6

[Smith Wigglesworth]

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1. Madden, Peter J.: The Wigglesworth Standard, S. 130 [↩]
2. Madden, Peter J.: The Wigglesworth Standard, S. 132 [↩]
3. Madden, Peter J.: The Wigglesworth Standard, S. 135 [↩]
4. Madden, Peter J.: The Wigglesworth Standard, S. 137 [↩]
5. Madden, Peter J.: The Wigglesworth Standard, S. 139 [↩]
6. Madden, Peter J.: The Wigglesworth Standard, S. 141 [↩]