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; resurrection is the life that went through death, overcame death, and came out in resurrection, […]
Live a Life of Gaining Christ in His All-Inclusiveness: Forget and Stretch Forward!
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, today. We want to be such ones; we want to […]
Pay the Price to Gain Christ with His Riches and Know Christ by Experiencing Him
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. Amen! When Paul said in Phil. 3 that he wanted to […]
Have the Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ to Experience Christ Subjectively
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 gain Him and experience Christ subjectively. […]
We Build up Christ and the Church in our Experience to Work out our own Salvation
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 for the building up of the Body of Christ as […]
Cooperate with the Inner Energizing God who Operates in us the Willing and Working
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 submissive life to the […]
Being One in soul by Being one with Christ in His Inward Parts for the Body of Christ
In order for us to be one in soul, we need to be one with Christ in His emotions, His inward parts; we need to put on the inward parts of Christ, His inward affection, tender mercy, and sympathy. To be one in soul, first we need to think the one thing; our mind […]