For the practical existence of the one new man, we need to labor and struggle to present all the saints full-grown in Christ; all the things we do should be with ministering Christ to others in view, so that we may be able to present them full-grown in Christ before God. On one hand we […]
The New Man is Perfected by our Growing in Life and being Perfected in our Function
In Eph. 4 we see the perfecting of the new man through the growth in life; just as a man needs to be perfected and grow through cherishing and nourishing, so the new man needs to be perfected to function in a normal way. We cannot have a part in the producing of the new […]
Growing up into the Head, Christ, by Holding the Head to Grow with the Growth of God
As believers in Christ, we need to grow up into the Head, Christ, in all things, having the growth of God, the increase of God, for the growing of the Body to be the one new man. There’s a difference between growing in Christ and growing up into the Head, Christ, in all things. Many […]
Growing up into Christ in All Things until we Arrive at a Full-Grown Man, the New Man
For us to arrive at a full-grown man for the fulfillment of God’s purpose, we need to be those growing up into Christ in all things (Eph. 4:15-16, 24). This expression “grow up into Christ in all things” is a particular expression used by the apostle Paul. As believers who are seeking the Lord, we […]
Arriving at the Oneness, at a Full-grown man, and the Stature of the Fullness of Christ
For the one new man we all need to arrive at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, and at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God. Amen, we need to grow and we need to arrive! This week our […]
Being Enlightened and Rising up Together to take Christ as Person for the New Man
If we are unveiled and enlightened, we will see that today in the Lord’s recovery we need to rise up together to take Christ as our person for the one new man; we need to hold to Christ and grow into Him in all things to arrive at a full-grown man. What God desires to […]
Letting Christ make His Home Deep Down in our Heart and Living in His Inward Parts
The apostle Paul was a pattern in taking Christ as our person for the one new man; like him, we need to let Christ make His home deep down in our heart, long for the saints in the inward parts of Christ, let the mind of Christ be in us, do everything in the person […]