We need to see the importance of life and of the growth in life in our Christian life and church life. We may know the truth, we may love the Lord and read His word, and we may love the church and serve the saints in the Lord, but how much did we gain the […]
Being Mysteriously Transferred into the Realm of Resurrection for God’s Building
We all know the Lord’s word in John 12:24 where He says that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone – but if it dies, it bears much fruit. When the Lord Jesus came with the kingdom of God, He established a different principle of serving God and […]
Our Natural Ability Must be Brought Into Resurrection to Become Useful to the Lord
Paul’s aspiration in Phil. 3:10-11 was to know Christ and the power of His resurrection, … if perhaps he would attain to the out-resurrection from the dead. He wanted to gain Christ and to be fully brought into resurrection. As believers in Christ we need to have a deep realization that our entire natural being […]
The More our Natural Constitution is Dealt with, the More We will be in Resurrection!
For us as Christians and loving seekers of Christ to be useful to God, we need to cooperate with the Lord to deal with our natural constitution so that we may be fully brought in resurrection (see Phil. 3:3-11). God limits Himself and His activities on earth to man’s cooperation, and on our side, we […]
Understanding the Process of the Experience of Dealing with the Natural Constitution
Whether we are a believer in Christ or not, we are NOT OK. There are so many things in us, in our natural being, that are just wrong. There are so many reactions, explosions, sharp words, strange loves, and all kinds of manifestations of the natural man in our being. After becoming a Christian, many […]
Being Willing to Deal with our Natural Constitution for us to be Useful to God
As believers in Christ, we all love the Lord and we want to serve Him and please Him to the best of our ability. Yet somehow it looks like if “we do our best to do good and please God” and “we try our best to serve Him according to what He tells us” things […]
Realising the Impotence and Insufficiency of Our Natural Being in the Things of God
In order for us to grow in the divine life and to serve God according to His heart’s desire, we need to deal with our natural constitution. How much we grow in life and how much we can minister life to others depends on our dealing with our natural constitution. We need to ask the […]