What is the deepest thought in the New Testament concerning the life of a Christian? Before today I didn’t really know it, but I knew one thing: it is NOT doing good and rejecting evil, and it is NOT self-endeavoring to do what the Bible says. The deepest thought in the New Testament concerning the […]
the environment cooperates with the Spirit to put our natural man to death
If we want to minister life, we need to know God as the God of resurrection. The life that we minister to others is nothing else but the resurrection life of Christ – we need to know, experience, and gain God as the God of resurrection (John 11:25; Rom. 4:17). Day by day our outer […]
being channels of life with a surplus of life to minister life to others
All the members of the Body of Christ are ministers of life, imparting life to the ones around them for the growth and the building up of the Body. In the church life, we all are learning to minister life – this is our only need. We don’t need more teachings, doctrines, do’s and dont’s; […]
allowing God’s life to be lived out of us and having an overflow of life
As believers in Christ, we have the life of God in us, and this life wants to be expressed through us and be lived out of us. Hallelujah, we have God’s life in us (Col. 3:4; Rom. 8:10)! We need God to open our eyes, though, to see that our natural man, our very person, […]
knowing the pathway of life: death is the way for God’s life to be released
The Christian life is a life and a living on the pathway of life; as Christians and as followers of the Lord Jesus we need to enter through the narrow gate and walk on the constricted way which leads to life (see Matt. 7:13-14). What is this pathway of life? We have the divine life […]
dealing with our mind, emotion, and will so that Christ may live in us
For the Lord’s life to flow into us and out of us freely we need to deal with any obstacles and any problems in its way. Eventually, we will realize that the problem is not this or that thing, this or that matter, or even this or that part of our being. Our person with […]
dealing with our rebellion and our natural capability through the cross
Becoming a Christian is not an end in itself, rather, it is a beginning of a new life which is not according to our concept or our human disposition. This new life is all about taking care of the living Christ within us by turning to Him, fellowshipping with Him, and doing everything in oneness […]