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Founder of Teen Challenge Shows How to Overcome Persistent SinsThis is David Wilkerson's capstone teaching, poured out from a heart that discovered the power God has given his people to triumph over sin. Through Wilkerson's expert ability to blend teaching with personal application, he shows that the key to defeating life-controlling habits is found in one thing: the new covenant God enacted with his people.In today's era of pop psychology, most Christians battle temptation and sin through self-help techniques or gritty self-will. Even Wilkerson, through decades of ministry that led hundreds of thousands to salvation and deliverance, struggled to know true peace as he battled his own "besetting sins." Determined to find victory, Wilkerson came to grasp the stunning reality that the vast love of God provides the spiritual resources believers need to obey his every command.Gathered from some of his most prominent sermons, this is one of Wilkerson's most powerful teachings--one that will redeem countless lives into the life-giving experience of purity.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 avril 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441261335
Langue	English

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© 2013 by the Estate of David Wilkerson
Previously published under the title The New Covenant Unveiled
Published by Chosen Books
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
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Contents
Cover 1
Title Page 3
Copyright Page 4
Foreword by Gary Wilkerson 7
Introduction 9
1. Understanding the New Covenant 13
2. Freedom from the Dominion of Sin 29
3. The Cross and the New Covenant 45
4. Entering the New Covenant by Death to Self 61
5. The New Covenant and the Indwelling Holy Spirit 73
6. The New Covenant and the Fear of God 91
7. The Delivering Power of the New Covenant 105
8. Christ, Our High Priest of the New Covenant 121
9. The New Covenant Destroys Satanic Strongholds 137
10. The New Covenant and the Secret of the Lord 157
11. The New Covenant and the Preventing Love of the Lord 173
About the Author 189
Back Ad 191
Back Cover 192
Foreword
On the day my father died, he spent his last morning on a porch studying the New Covenant of Christ. The subject was by no means new to him. Twenty-five years earlier, his good friend Leonard Ravenhill had given him a few books that would change his life. At that time, my father was busy traveling the world as an evangelist, preaching to hundreds of thousands each year. Yet his own soul was dry; he had become weary of preaching the same messages again and again. So between those trips he picked up the small stack of books Leonard had handed him and started reading.
They were the writings of the old Puritans names most of us have never heard of, certainly not the familiar bestselling authors many Christians have read. As my father dug into these old treasures, his heart opened to a new revelation of Christ. Grace awakened in him, alive in a way he had never known.
Dad had grown up under a message that leaned toward works and legalism. Although he considered himself free in Christ, there was still something in him that made him feel as though he had to work hard that nothing was ever enough, that more was always required to fill what was missing in his righteousness in Christ. These old books stirred him once again to study the Scriptures cover to cover, this time with a new understanding of the Gospel. As he explored, my father joyously came to know the full extent of the finished work of Christ.
In my last conversation with him, Dad told me of how deeply he had probed, how fully he had explored, how completely he had scoured every page of every writing he could find on this glorious subject of the New Covenant of Christ. And yet I could see in his eyes there was a yearning for more. There were still many things he wanted to know concerning the depth and breadth of the finished work of Christ. He felt he had seen and learned much, but he urged me to dig deeper in my own study of this subject not to be satisfied but to go further.
A few weeks after my father’s funeral, my brother-in-law sent me the book Dad had been reading that last morning. It was by the Puritan writer Thomas Brooks. Almost every page was underlined and highlighted, with comments filling every open margin. Here was my father, eighty years old after seven decades of serving in ministry still exploring, still enjoying, still reveling in the glorious Gospel of Christ. He relished the revelation of how expansive Jesus’ words are when He declares from the cross, “It is finished.” Jesus was speaking not only of the work He did for us then, but also of the work He continues to do in us and through us today.
I hope you will explore and even devour this book that you will find in it the richest depths of meaning in Christ’s words: It is finished. Here is God’s great love contained in His marvelous New Covenant. As you read these pages, may you be stirred to underline, highlight and write in the margins every revelation Jesus longs for you to know, experience and enjoy of His finished work for you.
Gary Wilkerson Colorado Springs, 2012
Introduction
The Body of Jesus Christ today desperately needs a fresh unveiling of God’s New Covenant. We need it because our generation is living in a time of powerful demonic seductions. Jesus warned that such days would come days in which Satan would attempt to deceive even the elect of God. Today we are seeing Jesus’ words come to pass, as humankind faces an overwhelming flood of temptations unknown to any past generation.
The devil appears to have taken control of much of the media. Less than a century ago, there was no such thing as television, the Internet or videos. The airwaves were not polluted then, but today the atmosphere is saturated with devilish filth, as satellites beam pornography to homes all over the world. The technological advances meant to improve our lives have opened wide the floodgates of evil, and society is being inundated by seductions that are coming upon us with a ferocity we have never seen. Satan is using virtually every form of media to feed dormant lusts, encourage promiscuity and destroy every semblance of morality. In the process he is breaking up homes and marriages.
Tragically, many Christians are being swept up in this demonic web of sensuality. Believers who have flirted with secret sins now find themselves in a battle for their souls. Our ministry receives thousands of letters each week, many from distraught believers who describe being trapped in sinful bondages. They tell us of life-controlling habits in their own lives and in the lives of loved ones habits such as drugs, alcohol, smoking, pornography, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, gambling, bitterness, anger, covetousness and stealing. Yet, no matter what their struggle, all of these people have this in common: They are bound, snared in slavery by a besetting sin. They feel chained, unable to break free from sin’s power.
Many of these dear people sincerely love Jesus. They have prayed diligently, cried a river of tears and sought counseling from pastors and friends, yet nothing seems to free them. They always end up going back to their sin, and their heavy burden of guilt only increases with time.
Many such Christians have concluded they can never be free from their sin. They think they will never be able to move out of the bondage of flesh Paul describes in Romans 7. In this bondage, Paul says, a person does what he hates, with no power to do what is right. He is unable to move into the spiritual freedom Paul outlines so joyously in Romans 8, where power over the dominion of sin is revealed. In the bound person’s eyes, there is no escape from the wretchedness of always doing what he despises. So he has resigned himself to struggling for the rest of his life riding the unending merry-go-round of sinning and confessing, sinning and confessing. Yet, all the while, he continues to testify of God’s power to set others free.
The New Covenant has nothing to offer those who are at peace with their sin but it promises great hope to those who hate their sin. If you are a believer who hates your sin if you still grieve over your bondage to a habitual lust; if you cry out to the Lord to deliver you from Satan’s snare; if you feel helpless, weak, despondent over your lack of power I have good news for you. The New Covenant provides for your absolute freedom. Our Lord has made available to you not only pardon for all sin and its guilt, but also liberty from and dominion over all bondage. These wonderful things are available to you through the glorious provisions of the New Covenant.
The provisions of the New Covenant set us free from the power of sin and deliver us into the Spirit of life. We do not have to do the devil’s bidding anymore, because by covenant God has promised to empower us to win over all temptations and lusts. All indwelling sin can be stripped of its dominion through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
In my later years, I have concluded that laying hold of the New Covenant is the only way to break free from the power and dominion of sin. I hope to show you in this book how that glorious work takes place. Yet the unveiling of the New Covenant is not something within my power or ability to do. Only the Holy Spirit can open up its marvelous truths to the seeker. I can, however, assure all who are discouraged by their lack of victory over a besetting sin that this book can open your eyes to the incredible promises and provisions God has given to all who intensely yearn for freedom from sin’s dominion. May the Holy Spirit unveil the glory and power of the New Covenant to every seeker who desires to w