“Continually we must hold two strands in our hands and not let go of one or other if we would get across what a life of deep faith entails. First, everything is gift and God must do all. Man can do nothing to bring himself to God. Secondly, man must not sit with his hands in his lap. He must act. He must do all he possibly can to grow and to respond to God and without this preparation God cannot work in man as he wishes. We have to learn from Jesus what God's will is and try to fulfil it. God isn't standing by saying: `Now let me see you trying. When I see you have really tried, I will step in and help'. No, this delay of God is in the nature of things. God is offering himself to me here and now but I cannot receive him. I must have reached a certain level of development before I can begin to do so. New wine cannot be poured into old skins otherwise the skins are spoiled and the wine runs away. God can only come in with his mystical `over-and-above' help when man has reached his limits and can go no further.”
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To Believe in Jesus
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