Christ in Luke’s Gospel

All, I suppose, realize that what is of ourselves must be put on one side. And I think I may say more: there is not one single bit which we ever receive into our souls of Christ that is not at the expense of what is of ourselves being judged and put on one side. We may learn about Christ many a thing very honestly and sincerely, and yet owing to the condition of our souls—something of the old man, some root of self not judged and given up—we are not able to profit and take up the truth that we may sincerely have learned.