“I´m not pressing in anymore, I´ve been pressed into. I´m not contending anymore, I´ve been contended for. I´m not a God chaser anymore, He moves way too fast, He chased me down roped and hog tied me He bagged and dragged me. I´m not seeking God anymore, He found me. I´m not even drawing close to God, we ARE in union, we are Siamese Twins. I don´t overcome the flesh, because the fleshly life was circumcised away. I don´t kill the old man; the old man has been co-crucified with Christ. I´m not “only human”. No, I´m a new creation. “Nobody is perfect?” I am. Unless you think Christ was incompetent on the cross. Some people say: “We are only sinners.” What Bible verse is that? John says if you continue in that, you are a child of the devil.
No dry-times, dark nights of the soul. I´m done with desert theology. I´m not asking Him to purify my heart. He gave me a new one. I´m not asking Him to open the heavens. The veil of His flesh was torn and all of Heaven was opened with it.
I don´t ask Him to take me into the Holy of Holies, for that’s where I´m seated right now. I don´t pump up people into intercession, for I think He´s done an adequate job of it. I don´t pump people up into fasting, for He fasted that I can feast. I don´t pump people up into Godly sorrow, for He was a man of sorrows so we could be a people of Joy. I don´t over emphasize confession, it´s just admitting your sins to see they are already forgiven. I don´t over emphasize my faith, for it´s His faith that saved me. I don´t over emphasize repentance, it´s a fruit of salvation. Not the price-tag to buy it.
I don´t talk about insiders or outsiders. I don´t talk about saved or unsaved. I don´t talk about good or evil. I´m just talking about Jesus and His inclusion of all humanity on the cross. I don´t talk about forgiven or un-forgiven; the only distinction is Believer or Unbeliever. The Gospel changes everything! It´s the Scandal of Grace. I´m ruined. Grace plus law equals Law.”
— John Crowder
