Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples� natures and wrong-doings, defeated by the down-drag of the flesh, defeated by loss, by pain, by suffering, by worry. Instead of saying with confidence, �This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith�, they have to say in honesty, �This is the defeat that has been caused by the world, even our self-centeredness.� That is the opposite of faith. Unbelief is not the opposite of faith; self-centeredness is � being centered in self rather than in God.


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