1.0Bible Lessons from Jeff Gullesonhttps://www.jeffgulleson.com/bible-studiesJeff Gullesonhttps://www.jeffgulleson.com/bible-studies/author/jgulleson/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QbW1jQJwTM"><a href="https://www.jeffgulleson.com/bible-studies/galatians/galatians-220-037/">GALATIANS, 2:20 # 037</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jeffgulleson.com/bible-studies/galatians/galatians-220-037/embed/#?secret=QbW1jQJwTM" width="600" height="338" title="“GALATIANS, 2:20 # 037” — Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson" data-secret="QbW1jQJwTM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> THE ACCUSATION AND ARGUMENT AGAINST JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH – HUDSON TAYLOR’S SPIRITUAL SECRET (Part 7)    CHRIST LIVETH IN ME!  Once far from God and dead in sin, No light my heart could see; But in God’s Word the light I found, Now Christ liveth in me.  Christ liveth in me (2x) Oh, what a salvation this, That Christ liveth in me.  As rays of light from yonder sun The flowers of earth set free, So life and light and love came forth From Christ living in me.  As lives the flower within the seed, As in the cone the tree, So, praise the God of truth and grace, His Spirit dwelleth in me.  With longing all my heart is filled, That like Him I may be, As on the wondrous thought I dwell, That Christ liveth in me.    I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal. 2:20) TRIGGERS THAT RELEASE CHRIST’S POWER IN US “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us . . . . .” “I can do everything through him who gives me strength” (Eph. 2:20; Phil. 4:13). QUESTION: Like a time capsule pill, what are some “triggers” that release Christ’s power in our lives? To produce patience, self-control? Trigger # 1: God’s will Trigger # 2: Ask in faith Trigger # 3: Broken, crushed, feel a true sense of need Trigger # 4: That only God would be glorified   I. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HIS LIFE  1832 Born in England on May 21. 1849 Conversion to Christ, followed by call to service (pgs 16-17) 1850 Medical training for China (1) Giving to poor family, God’s provision (pgs 33-38) (2) Not asking for wages (38-42) 1853 Sailed for China, with the Chinese Evangelization Society 1858 Married Miss Maria J. Dyer 1860 First furlough 1866 Sailed to China with the first party (16) of CIM. 1867 Death of his oldest daughter, Gracie 1869 “God has made me a new man” experience, Age 37. 1870 Death of Maria 1900 Hands over leadership of mission – 750 workers 1900 Boxer Outbreak in China 1905 Died in Hunan, China 1932 Missionaries number 1285 1932 First publication of “Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret”   II. SPIRITUAL DEFEAT AND DESPAIR  I cannot tell you how I am buffeted sometimes by temptation. I never knew how bad a heart I have. Yet I do know that I love God and love His work, and desire to serve Him only and in all things. And I value above all else that precious Savior in whom alone I can be accepted. Often I am tempted to think that one so full of sin cannot be a child of God at all. But I try […]