From a forum thread:
Michele3in1> [....] sometimes the Spirit of the Lord came upon me
and i did really awesome wonderful things, but those always took me by
surprise. those were things i would have never even thought of, that Jesus just
impressed me to do. i call those my accidental righteous deeds, i cant take
credit for those things, that was Him. [...]
Me>
I have the same experience. When the old man [Eph 4.22]lets his guard down, the
spirit of that life which is in Christ Jesus [Rom 8.2] accomplishes something
actually good.
(John 3:20-21 NKJ) "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does
not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the
truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they
have been done in God."
We
often do not notice the difference between 'practicing' and 'doing' in
scripture. 'Doing' may be intermittent behavior. 'Practicing' is consistent
continuous behavior, like practicing law or medicine.
It
is impossible for the natural, soulish, carnal man to do the truth. His spirit
is separated from God. He does not see the truth - John 3.3. He practices evil.
The
spiritually begotten again man - John 1.13 - does the truth, rather than
practices the truth. He is hampered by the habits and remnants in memory of his
prior bondage. Rom 7.29.
And
he readily acknowledges past sins and present trespasses because sins have been
taken away - 1Jo 1.9, and he is continually cleansed of the remnants of sins by
the blood of Jesus - 1Jo 1.7.
I2C 131219a
Joh 3v20to21 Practice evil vs do truth / I2C / 131219 1511 / John 3:20-21
Practice evil vs. do truth
