by T. Austin-Sparks
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Edited and supplied by the Golden Candlestick Trust.
There is no greater force in the way of the true testimony of Jesus and the pure working of the Holy Spirit than set and organised traditional religion. Nothing is a greater mountain. But to that great religious thing which is not of the Spirit, is not governed by the Holy Spirit, is not led by the Holy Spirit, is not a spiritual thing, which is such a menace and obstruction to what is of the Spirit, the Lord says, "Before Zerubbabel, before Jesus as Lord, thou shalt become a plain. Thou shalt say to this mountain, Be removed!" You may have mountains, though not that particular mountain. That mountain can be made a plain when Jesus is Lord in your faith. When your faith lays hold of Him as Lord, there is nothing that cannot be leveled and be as nothing before Him. What am I, what are you, what are we as individuals and as companies? What can we do in this thing - God's fullest thought concerning Christ? If we look at ourselves and our resources, our position, our standing, we might very well lose heart and give up. But "by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts".
