Brought into the Realm of Resurrection: Christ broke through the Barrier of Death

Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, since it was not possible for Him to be held by it. Acts 2:24

Resurrection means that a man - our Lord Jesus - has broken through the barriers, even through death, and has overcome death to enter into resurrection; now we can live in the realm of resurrection by allowing everything that is natural to pass … [Continue reading]

Like Paul, we Aspire to Know & Experience the Power of Christ’s Resurrection

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life... John 11:25

Like the apostle Paul, we aspire to know Christ and the power of Christ's resurrection (His resurrection life), for Christ Himself is resurrection - He overcame death and came out of death triumphantly! Hallelujah! Resurrection is not just life; … [Continue reading]

Live a Life of Gaining Christ in His All-Inclusiveness: Forget and Stretch Forward!

...Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward...I pursue toward the goal... Phil. 3:13-14

The Christian life is a life of gaining Christ in His all-inclusiveness; for this, we need to forget and even forsake the past experiences of Christ and stretch forward to gain Him in a fresh way, paying the price to gain Christ right now, … [Continue reading]

Pay the Price to Gain Christ with His Riches and Know Christ by Experiencing Him

To know Him and the power of His resurrection... Phil. 3:10

As believers in Christ, we need to not only have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, our Lord, which comes by revelation, but also pay the price to gain Christ, gain His very person, by experiencing Christ in a subjective way. … [Continue reading]

Have the Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ to Experience Christ Subjectively

...the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord...Phil. 3:8

As believers in Christ, we aspire to know Christ in a subjective way, in the way of experience, for when we have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord, we are able to count all things as refuse on account of Christ that we may … [Continue reading]

We Build up Christ and the Church in our Experience to Work out our own Salvation

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Phil. 2:12

As believers in Christ, we build up Christ and the church in our experience to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. We work out our own salvation by building up the practical and present Christ as God's salvation in our experience … [Continue reading]

Cooperate with the Inner Energizing God who Operates in us the Willing and Working

...work out your own salvation...For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working... Phil. 2:12-13

In order for us to be one in soul, we need to work out our own salvation by cooperating with the inner energizing God, who operates in us both the willing and the working for His good pleasure; our will needs to be subdued and we need to live a … [Continue reading]