For us to be conformed to the death of Christ is to be put in the mold of Christ’s death; this refers to Christ’s experience of continually putting to death His human life so that He might live by the life of God. As believers in Christ, we need to live as Christ did; […]
Taking the Death of Christ as the Mold of our Life to be Conformed to Christ’s Death
In Phil. 3:10 Paul spoke of being conformed to Christ’s death – he desired to take Christ’s death as the mold of his life; we need to take the death of Christ as the mold in which the power of Christ’s resurrection leads us and keeps us. Such a small verse, v. 10 in […]
Cooperate with the Putting to Death of Jesus and the Operation of the Indwelling Spirit
As believers in Christ, we need to cooperate with the putting to death of Jesus in our environment and with the operating indwelling Spirit so that our outer man may be put aside and the inner man would be renewed for the life of Jesus to be manifested in our mortal body. When we believed […]
Being Conformed to Christ’s Death to experience Christ for the Release of God’s Life
On one hand, Paul wanted to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings; on the other hand, he wanted to be conformed to Christ’s death, that is, take Christ’s death as the mold of his life. On the Lord’s side, He first experienced death and then entered into […]
Living a Crucified Life by the Power of Resurrection for the Reality of the Body
Even as Christ lived in this world, so should we; as Christ lived a crucified life daily, so we need to be those living a crucified life by taking Christ’s death as the mold of our life so that we may live out the reality of the Body of Christ. Becoming a Christian is one […]
Living a Life of being Conformed to the Death of Christ for the Reality of the Body
The reality of the Body of Christ is a corporate living of being conformed to the death of Christ; our Christian life is a life of pursuing to die with Christ through the experience of the cross so that Christ may live in us. What is the reality of the Body of Christ? There are […]
The Reality of the Body is the Corporate and Mingling Living in Oneness with God
The reality of the Body of Christ is the corporate living by the perfected God-men who live by the divine life in resurrection, and this reality is the mingling living of the believers in union with the Triune God. Wow! The reality of the Body of Christ has nothing to do with our old creation, […]