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788 (ANCIENT MAN/ FALLEN NATURE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE)

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“Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing” (Mt 6:3).

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“Left”, here, means our old self; our ancient man, our fallen nature.

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Let us search deeper and broaden this phrase a little:

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Yes, we often need,

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1. to cheat, so to speak, our self, by overtaking him;

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2. not to give him an account of what we do (I mean, the good things that we do);

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3. not to allow our old self to understand that we are escaping from our wickedness;

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4. that we forget the evil that our neighbour has inflicted on us;

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5. that we rise from our fall;

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6. that we sacrifice ourselves for our Christ, our country, our neighbor;

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And also,

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7. that we forget our sin and move forward…

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There is, of course, a lot more…

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Again, I conclude, “Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”.

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Practice will show you the benefits of this action…

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