A Life that Lives Christ is True, Dignified, Righteous, Pure, Lovely, and Well Spoken of

Our Christian life should be a life of living Christ, and according to Philippians 4:8, there are some virtues as governing aspects of a life that lives Christ; our human virtues need to be filled and saturated with the divine attributes to express Christ so that we live a human life filled with Christ as the reality of the attributes of God.

Amen, Lord, fill us today! Saturate our virtues with Yourself so that we may live a life of living Christ! Amen!

Our Christian life is a life of living Christ, a life full of forbearance but without anxiety. How can we not be anxious if everything and everyone around us causes us to be anxious?

This world gives us only anxiety, but the Lord gives us peace. Anxiety comes not from God but from Satan.

We may think that we worry about something positive, but the Bible clearly says we should worry about nothing but in everything, with prayer and petition with thanksgiving, we should let our requests be made known to God.

When we open to the Lord and make our worries, requests, anxieties, problems, and difficulties known to Him, when we just converse with Him about everything, the peace of God will guard our hearts.

Our heart needs to be guarded. Our heart is unstable, sticky, and ready to be up or down, even to be overrun by so many things.

But the Lord wants to come to us as the God of peace to guard our hearts. The God of peace wants to patrol before our hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus to keep us calm and tranquil.

May we learn to turn to our spirit again and again, and if unpleasant things or sufferings come our way, may we realise that everything has been assigned to us by God for us to gain Christ, live Christ, and magnify Christ.

If we realise this, if we clearly see that God assigns us a certain environment, a particular set of situations, and the people around us, so that we may gain Christ and express Christ by magnifying Him, we will be at peace.

God doesn’t assign anxiety to us; He assigns certain situations and people to be related to us so that we may gain Christ.

We may have a business and we may do well, and we may think everything is good, and God is good, for we are doing ok.

But the Lord may allow our business to fail and we may lose our source of income; we may be quite upset and puzzled, but if we remain open to the Lord, we will be able to worship Him for His assignment.

Perhaps losing money will benefit us more than earning money, for through such a loss we may be perfected and built up.

It is the same with illness and good health; when we’re in good health, we may not depend on the Lord that much, but if we have an illness, our dependence on Him and our relationship with Him will deepen. Oh Lord!

May we remain open to the Lord in all things so that He may live in us and we may have a life that lives Christ, having Him expressed through us, no matter what happens to us outwardly.

A Life that Lives Christ is True, Dignified, Righteous, Pure, Lovely, and Well Spoken of

In Philippians 4:8 Paul tells us, Finally, brothers, what things are true, what things are dignified, what things are righteous, what things are pure, what things are lovely, what things are well spoken of, if there is any virtue and if any praise, take account of these things.

These virtues – what is true, dignified, righteous, pure, lovely, and well-spoken of – are the expressions of the attributes of God lived out from within us.

A life that lives Christ is true, dignified, righteous, pure, lovely, and well-spoken of. True refers to what is truthful ethically, not merely true in a matter of fact.

When we have a life that lives Christ, we have no falsehood, no lying; we are truthful.

What we say is truthful and what we do is truthful; a life that is the expression of Christ is a truthful life.

What things are dignified refer to things that are venerable, worthy of reverence, noble, grave (see 1 Tim. 3:8, 11; Titus 2:2).

It is not only the older saints who are dignified, but even the younger ones, when they have a life that lives Christ, they are dignified and noble, for such a life inspires respect and reverence.

Because we have God living within us, whether we are at school in a high school or we’re at work as a working saint, we live a life that is dignified; we don’t try to deliberately live such a life, we simply express Christ.

We are a vessel containing Christ, we live Christ, and we have dignity.

Paul lived such a life even when he was in prison; he was incarcerated, and he was being transported to Rome to be judged by Caesar, and he had a long and unfortunate voyage.

Throughout his voyage, as seen in Acts 28, he remained in the Lord’s ascendancy, being one with the Lord, and he lived a life that is dignified, expressing Christ and magnifying Him before others.

The Lord within him enabled Paul to live a life far beyond the realm of anxiety; he lived a life that was fully dignified with the highest standard of human virtues, expressing the most excellent divine virtues. Amen!

What things are righteous refer to what is right, not only just, before God and man.

A life that lives Christ is righteous, right before God and man; we need to be found in Christ, having Him as our righteousness (Phil. 3:9).

A life that lives Christ is pure, that is, single intention and action, without any mixture (Matt. 5:8).

When we live Christ, when we exercise our spirit and live one spirit with the Lord, we will be pure in every way, having no pretense or mixture. Our daily living will be in purity, for we live Christ, who is pure.

We will be pure in heart, having God as our single goal. Amen!

A life that lives Christ is lovely; such a life is lovable, agreeable, and endearing. When we live Christ, we will love others, and our attitude toward them is that they are lovable, no matter what their weaknesses are.

When Christ lives in us, we will simply express Him, and He will be the lovable and agreeable One in us. We will not try to be endearing or lovable; we will simply live Christ as such a One.

A life that lives Christ is well spoken of, that is, renowned, of good repute, attractive, willing, and gracious (Hosea 14:7). What kind of life is this!

We need to be such ones today; we need to live a life that lives Christ so that He may be expressed through us and others will see His attributes being expressed through our human virtues.

If we live Christ, we will have a living that has no falsehood, looseness, or lightness; instead, we will be dignified, lovely, pure, right, and well spoken of.

It’s good to take account of these and be before the Lord concerning them, even pray that He would live in us such a life today.

These virtues are not for us to try to perfect or improve ourselves; it is for us to turn to our spirit and take Christ as the reality of all our virtues.

Christ in us lives a life that is true, dignified, righteous, pure, lovely, and well-spoken of. He lived such a life when He was on the earth and He wants to live such a life in us today.

We can open to Him. We can give Him more ground in our being. We can tell Him that we want to live a life that lives Christ.

Lord Jesus, we want to live a life that lives Christ today so that You may be expressed through us. We open to You today. We love You. We turn to You. We want to touch You and remain in the touch with You. Oh Lord, we no longer want to live in the self or in the flesh; we want to live in the mingled spirit, one spirit with You. May we have a life that lives Christ. May we live a life that is true, without any pretense or falsehood. May we live a life that is dignified, a life that is solid, weighty, and worthy of reverence. Amen, Lord, live in us today. Express Yourself through us. May we live a life that lives Christ so that we may live a life that is right before God and man. May our life be pure, single in intention and action, having no pretense or mixture. Oh Lord, only You in us can live such a life! May we have a life that is lovely, a life that is lovable, agreeable, and endearing. May our life be well spoken of, for others see Christ living in us. Amen, Lord, be expressed through us today!

Having a Human Life Filled with Christ as the Reality of the Attributes of God Expressed in our Human Virtues

May we be those who not only converse with the Lord constantly so we may live Christ spontaneously but even more, allow Him to fill our human virtues with His divine attributes so that we live a life that lives Christ today.

Such a life is true, dignified, righteous, pure, lovely, and well spoken of; it is not a deliberate life, a life that we perfect ourselves and seek to improve, but it is the Christ who lives in us being expressed through us.

We need to live a human life filled with Christ as the reality of the attributes of God expressed in our human virtues.

When we speak of living Christ, we first need to realise that Christ lives in us (Col. 1:27) and it is no longer us who should live but Christ who should live in us (Gal. 2:20).

Through regeneration, we have been joined to Him organically, and now we need to live one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17).

God created in us certain human virtues; these virtues are like a vessel to contain the divine attributes.

Our human virtues of love, patience, kindness, righteousness, purity, dignity, etc, are like a glove – they have the shape and form of the divine attributes, but they are empty and meaningless unless the divine attributes fill them.

In the world, we see many people who try their best to improve their virtues, and such ones are held to high honour; however, it is not possible to do this in and of ourselves, for we will eventually fail.

Our human virtues are like a vessel made to contain the divine attributes; the reality of our human virtues should be the divine attributes.

The image of God is Christ (Col. 1:15; 2 Cor. 4:4); we were created in the image of God, which means that we were made according to the form of Christ.

When Christ was on the earth, He loved man, but His human love was filled with the divine attribute of love, so He not only loved man but imparted God into man while loving man.

He cared for man, but He didn’t just care for man but even more, He ministered something of God into man while caring for man.

Today we are believers in Christ, those who have Christ living in them; our human virtues need to be filled with Christ as the reality of the attributes of God.

We need to love God and love one another; this love, however, is not just our human virtue of love but Christ as the reality of God’s love being infused into us to fill our virtue of love and be expressed through it.

Christ came into us, and now we’re a vessel to contain Christ; we still live, but Christ lives in us, and the life we live in the flesh, we live in the organic union with the Lord, by faith in Him.

When we live a life that lives Christ, there is virtue and praise (Phil. 4:8b). There is excellence, an ethical energy exhibited in vigorous action.

There’s something worthy of praise in us – it is not us, but the Christ who lives in us and is expressed through us.

Virtue and praise sum up truthfulness, dignity, purity, loveliness, righteousness, and being well spoken of; this is Christ as the reality of God’s attributes filling and being expressed through our human virtues.

May we be such ones today. May we be the proper human beings who express God through His divine attributes in our human virtues (Gen. 1:26).

May we have a human life that is filled with Christ as the reality of all the attributes of God so that we may live a life that lives Christ.

Lord Jesus, we want to live a life that lives Christ today. Fill us with Yourself. Fill our human virtues with Yourself as the reality of all the divine attributes. Amen, Lord, may our life be filled with truthfulness, dignity, purity, loveliness, rightness, and being well spoken of. Keep us in the organic union with You so that it would be no longer us who live but Christ who lives in us. Amen, Lord, we want to be proper human beings by expressing God through His divine attributes in our human virtues. May we live a human life filled with Christ as the reality of the attributes of God! Yes, Lord, live in us today. Be expressed through us today. Live in us a life that is truthful, dignified, pure, lovely, right, and well-spoken of! May we live a life that lives Christ and practice these things, and the God of peace will be with us! Hallelujah, the God of peace is in us and with us! Praise the Lord!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by the brother Ed Marks in this conference, and portions from, Life-study of Philippians, msg. 28, by Witness Lee, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (part 3 – 2025 Summer Training), week 25, Christ as Our Virtues, the Peace of God, Our Secret, and the One Who Empowers Us – day 5.
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