When God created man, He intended man to live, act, and have his being in and by his spirit, and the soul and the body would be under the rule of his spirit. Adam had fellowship with God in his spirit every day! But when man fell by over-exercising his soul and not exercising his […]
It is Crucial to Deal with our Heart and be Pure in Heart Loving the Lord
The Lord Jesus as life came into our spirit, and He desires to spread into every part of our inward being so that He may make His home in us (Eph. 3:17). The key to allowing the Lord to grow in us is our heart – if we have problems in our heart or if […]
We Grow in Life by Dealing with Our Heart so that Christ may Spread in Us
When we hear God’s word and our heart is turned to Him, something is implanted into us – Christ as life comes into us, and we exercise our spirit to receive Him. We receive Christ in our spirit, since our spirit is the organ created by God for us to contact Him and receive Him […]
Having a Direct Contact with the Lord and Exercising our Heart to Grow in Life
What is growth in life? It is simply the increase of God and the decrease of our natural man, the increase of the stature of Christ and less of us, and more ground given to the Holy Spirit to work in us and less of ourselves. Since Christ came into our spirit at the time […]
What Does it Mean to Grow in Life? Growth in Life is More of God and Less of Us
In order for us to grow in life, we first need what life is. Life is NOT a gift, a power, an ability, or anything else – life is simply God Himself. God the Father is life, Christ is life, and the Spirit is life (John 3:36; 1 John 5:12; 1 Cor. 15:45). You could […]
Seeing the Great Importance of Life and the Desperate Need to Grow in Life
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 […]