Obedience or Victory?

                                                                                                                                                                 Vol. VI, No. 7, September 1993

"God wants us to walk in obedience – not victory. Obedience is oriented toward God; victory is oriented toward self. This may seem to be splitting hairs over semantics, but there is a subtle, self-centered attitude at the root of many of our difficulties with sin. Until we face this attitude and deal with it we will not consistently walk in holiness." [Jerry Bridges in The Pursuit of Holiness]