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no longer shrink back from the working of the cross in our lives. The flesh must be crucified,
for it will distort and misuse every gift of God. This misuse of the power of God will always
result in harm to others and judgment upon ourselves.
During this age Yahweh has designed our experiences to prepare us to shoulder the
powers of the age to come. This is why so many of the Christian’s experiences are humbling,
and painful. The flesh recoils at the cross, but it must be crucified. Yahshua said that all who
would follow after Him must take up THEIR CROSS daily.

Luke 9:23-25
And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his
life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.”

It was no idle word that the Lord spoke when He prophesied that His disciples would
do greater works than He did.

John 14:12
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also;
and greater works than these shall he do...”

As incredible as this seems, Christ was testifying that His disciples would do greater
works than walking on water, calming the storm with a word, casting out demons, and even
raising the dead. If we are to do greater works, we must first be conformed to the image of
Christ. We must be as submitted to seeking the will and desire of the Father as Yahshua.

John 5:19-21
Yahshua therefore answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the
Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for
whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. For the
Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and greater
works than these will He show Him, that you may marvel.”

Yahshua only did that which the Father revealed to Him to be His will. Moses did the
same in all of his works, save one. Yahshua ALWAYS did the will of the Father. Yahshua did
all things “in like manner” as the Father. He never deviated from the will of His Father. We
too must come to this place of surrender.
Man is born captive to sin and the desires of the flesh. Our experiences here in this age
are designed to cause the spiritual seed in us to mature and to arise to ascendancy over the
flesh. Day after day we are brought to occasions where we must choose to walk according
to the direction of the fallen nature of Adam, or the higher nature of the Spirit Who indwells
us. As we consistently choose the way of the Spirit, putting to death the desires of the flesh,
we will find ourselves fitted to receive power. Yahweh is committed to bringing His sons to
a perfect maturity in this regard. We are to be fully conformed to the image of Christ, the
firstborn from the dead.

Ephesians 4:13-15
Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of