Christ Growing in Our Heart (1): The Revelation in the New Testament
Through regeneration Christ has come into our spirit to be our life (Col. 1:27; 3:4). According to John 3:6, “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit,” and Romans 8:10 reveals that if Christ is in us, our spirit is life because of righteousness. On the one hand, it is a wonderful fact that […]
Deification in God the Father’s Love for Us His Children
One of the most profound truths in the Bible is deification, namely that based on Christ’s redemption and through the process of God’s organic salvation—regeneration, sanctification, renewing, transformation, conformation, and glorification (1 Pet. 1:3; Rom. 6:22; 12:2; 8:29-30)—God’s children, the believers in Christ, are being made the same as God in life, nature, and expression […]
The Way to Fulfill the Priestly Duty in the New Testament
God desires that all of His people would be priests. Exodus 19:6 says, “And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the children of Israel.” However, most of the Israelites lost the priesthood because of their worship of the golden […]
The Principle of Prayer
The Spirit with our spirit is the essence of the Christian life (Rom. 8:16). Day by day we need to be strengthened with power through the Spirit into our inner man [our spirit] so that Christ may make His home in our heart (Eph. 3:16-17a). Prayer is crucial to this experience, because when we pray […]
Living Christ as the Constituent of the New Man
Colossians 3:10-11 says, “And have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all and in all.” The book of Colossians contains a marvelous […]
God-Given Companions and the Principle of the Body
The Bible reveals that the Lord arranges companions for His seekers to match one another. For instance, with Moses there was Aaron (Exo. 4:14), with Daniel there were his three companions (Dan. 2:17), with the twelve disciples the Lord sent them out two by two (Matt. 10:2-5; Luke 10:1), and lastly with Paul he was […]
The Glory of God Becoming Our Experience
Glory is God’s expression, God Himself expressed. As a vessel destined for glory (Rom. 9:23; 1 Cor. 2:7), man was created in God’s image and likeness (Gen. 1:26). Because of the fall, however, not only did man contradict God’s righteousness and holiness, but man also fell short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). Consequently, […]
Help in Receiving God’s Word by Its Interpretation and Our Reconsideration
God desires to change the constitution of His chosen people so that He can build them together to be His corporate expression. For such an endeavor, God has provided His believers with His holy Word. As believers, it is our responsibility and should be our enjoyment to come to God’s Word in a regular way. […]
Coordination for the Reality of the Body of Christ
The Body of Christ is the corporate expression of the Triune God. Romans 12:4-5 says, “Just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another.” This description of the corporate […]