We are believers in Christ, those who have been generated twice to have God’s life and nature, and now we have life and live by the faith of the Son of God, having a measure of faith allotted to us by God and remaining under the hearing of faith to be infused with Christ as our believing ability.
Lord Jesus, thank You for appearing to us through Your word! Thank You for coming into us to be our faith. We love You. We open to You today. Hallelujah, we are believers in Christ, those who have life and live by faith, even the faith of the Son of God! Amen, Lord, we want to live by faith so that we may be annulled and we may live God, express God, and minister God into people! Praise the Lord, we Christians are believers in Christ who are born of God with His life and nature! Amen!
This week we are enjoying in a prayerful way what we are as believers in Christ, and first we saw that we are disciples. We are followers of Christ, disciples of Christ.
We are discipled through coming to the Lord in His word day by day, and as we pray-read the Word, we see how He as the first God-man lived. Christ lived God by denying Himself in His humanity, and He lived by the divine life to express God.
When we read the Gospels and exercise our spirit to contact the Lord, not only are we amazed at the God-man living of Jesus and we are infused with what He is and how He lived, but we are revolutionised in our concept regarding how we human beings should live.
The Lord’s human living disciples us and causes us to aspire to be like Him, live like Him, and let Him live in us, for only He can live such a life, and He is in us today.
We are all learning today to live as Jesus did, for we are His disciples. He lives in us, and we learn from Him, even learn Christ as the reality is in Jesus.
We enjoy the Lord, we love Him, and we learn to live by the divine life so that Christ may live in us and reproduce Himself in us.
When others see us, they should see Jesus living again, for we are the disciples of Christ, and He as the Spirit of reality is in us to guide us into all the reality of what He is.
May we learn to live every day not by our natural life but by the divine life, by the Christ who indwells us, to be the Lord’s genuine disciples!
We are Believers in Christ Regenerated by His Life and Remaining under the Hearing of Faith to be Infused with Christ as our Faith
As Christians, as those who call themselves followers of Christ to be genuine Christians, we are believers in Christ, those who have life and live by the faith of the Son of God (2 Cor. 6:14-16; Rom. 1:17; Heb. 11:6; Gal. 2:20). How wonderful!
We have life and live by faith. Christ is our life, He is our faith, and we live by the faith of the Son of God who loved us and gave Himself up for us. As believers in Christ, we are different from those around us.
As we see in 2 Corinthians 6:14-16, we should not be dissimilarly yoked with unbelievers.
What partnership does righteousness have with lawlessness? What fellowship does light have with darkness? What concord does Christ have with Belial? What part does a believer have with an unbeliever? What agreement does the temple of God have with idols?
We believers in Christ are joined to Christ and are Christ; we are in the light and we are light; we are in the temple of God and we are the temple of God.
The unbelievers are in lawlessness and are lawlessness; they are in darkness and are darkness; they are one with Satan and with idols.
May we not be intimately associated with unbelievers. We have to navigate this evil world, we do have friends and associates, and we have many acquaintances, but our closest relationship should be not with unbelievers but with believers in Christ.
We have to maintain a good testimony and a good relationship, caring for our neighbours and those around us, but our closest and most intimate relationship should be with the believers and with Christ.
The believers in Christ have been transferred out of Adam into Christ (John 3:15-16; 1 Cor. 15:22). Amen!
The believers in Christ have been regenerated to be a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17). Amen! The believers in Christ are united with Christ in His eternal life, and they are joined to Christ to be one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17).
We are believers in Christ; we are those who have been generated twice – first, we were generated to be the natural man out of our human parents, and one day we have been regenerated to be born anew with the divine and eternal life of God (John 3:6-7). Hallelujah!
We have two birth certificates: one is to certify that we are born of our parents, and our second birth certificate of our spiritual birth is in Romans 8:16, The Spirit Himself witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God. Hallelujah!
Our divine and mystical birth certificate is a double spirit – the Spirit with our spirit – which has become one spirit with the Lord. We are one spirit with the Lord, Hallelujah!
We can testify that the Lord as the Spirit is in our spirit, and the Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God.
How did we become believers? It is not by being better than others or more seeking than them.
When we heard Christ, know Christ, appreciate Christ, and treasure Christ by the hearing of faith, Christ causes faith to be generated into us, enabling us to believe in Him (Heb. 12:2).
Christ is actually our faith: He infuses Himself into us to be our believing ability for us to believe in Him.
A believer is not a person who is better in any way than others; a believer is one who heard the word of God, opened to the Lord, and was infused with Christ as his faith.
It is His infusing Himself into us that generates our faith, our believing ability. Faith comes out of the hearing of the Word of God; when we hear Christ and contact Him, He infuses us with faith.
When we hear Christ and contact Him as the living word in the written word of God, He becomes the applied word as the Spirit is dispensed into us to be our faith (Rom. 10:17; John 1:1; 5:39-40; 6:63).
Faith comes out of hearing, and hearing comes through the word of God.
When we hear the word of God, the hearing of faith awakens our loving appreciation of the Lord, and the more we love the Lord, the more faith operates in us to bring us into the riches, the profit, of the all-inclusive Spirit (Gal. 3:2, 5; 5:6).
We did not receive the Spirit out of works of law but out of the hearing of faith. We began by the Spirit; now we should continue by the Spirit, by receiving the Spirit continually as we place ourselves under the hearing of faith.
May we never miss an opportunity for the hearing of faith by being in the meetings of the church, reading our Bible daily, being in the group meetings and home meetings, and being in vital group meetings and shepherding the new ones.
Whatever happens, even when we are somehow cut off from the hearing of faith and we feel that faith decreases in us, may we come back to the Word of God to be infused with faith!
Lord Jesus, thank You for regenerating us with Your life and nature to make us children of God, believers in Christ! Hallelujah, we believers in Christ have been generated twice: first from our human parents and second we were born of God! Praise the Lord, we have been transferred out of Adam into Christ! Hallelujah, we have been regenerated to be a new creation in Christ! Thank You, Lord, we are united with Christ in His eternal life and we are joined to the Lord as one spirit with Him! We come to You, Lord Jesus, to be under the hearing of faith. We want to be in Your word and allow You to infuse us with Yourself as our faith. Oh Lord Jesus, we love to hear Christ, know Christ, appreciate Christ, and treasure Christ, for Christ causes faith to be generated in us! Infuse us Lord, more with Yourself! May we hear Christ and contact Christ as the living word of God in the written word of God for Him to become the applied word as the Spirit is dispensed into us as our faith! Praise the Lord, God embodied in Christ and realised as the Spirit is mingled with our spirit of faith! Hallelujah!
We Believers in Christ have Life and Live by Faith, One with the Lord, each having a Measure of Faith
Regarding the matter of faith, we need to realise that it comes from the Lord; faith is not generated from us or by us.
Furthermore, Romans 12:3 says, Not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think so as to be sober-minded, as God apportioned to each a measure of faith.
God has apportioned to each one of us a certain measure of faith. The faith is the same in quality, but the quantity of faith differs. To think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think without a sober mind annuls the proper order of the Body life.
God gave us the same faith in quality but not in quantity; the matter of quantity depends upon how we grow. If we grow today as the apostle Paul grew, the portion of faith we receive will be greatly enlarged. Oh Lord Jesus!
May we never think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think. How much faith God apportions to us depends upon our attitude.
If we are not sober-minded, God would not increase His apportioning of faith to us, and He probably would even decrease it (Phil. 2:2-3; Gal. 6:3; 1 Cor. 8:1-3).
If we are thinking more highly of ourselves than we ought to think, not considering one another more excellent than ourselves, and thinking that we are something when we are nothing, our faith does not increase but would rather decrease.
In a sense, we cannot avoid being proud, especially as we read the Word of God and have some spiritual knowledge.
However, the Lord is shining on us, and He exposes our pride and jealousy, and we need to deal with these before the Lord. We need to ask for His forgiveness and apply His blood.
We believers in Christ have life and live by faith, even the faith of the Son of God. The Bible shows us a few relationships we have with Christ that illustrate how we live by faith.
John 15:1-18 shows us that Christ is the vine and we are His branches; we have life and live by the faith of the Son of God by abiding in Christ as the vine.
1 Corinthians 12:27 shows us that Christ is the Head of the Body and we are the many members of the Body of Christ. We live by faith by remaining in the Body and functioning in the Body.
Christ is the breath of life, the water of life, and the bread of life, and we are His breathers, eaters, and drinkers (John 20:22; 4:10, 14; 7:37-39a; 6:35, 51-63, 68).
We have life and live by the faith of the Son of God by eating Christ as the bread of life, drinking Him as the water of life, and breathing Him in as the breath of life.
Christ is the Bridegroom, and we are His bride (3:29; Eph. 5:25-27; Rev. 19:7-9; 2 Cor. 11:2-3). Amen, we are His bride and He is our Bridegroom!
In John 14:18 we see that Christ is the Father of the orphans, and we are the orphans who have become His children, enjoying His care and deliverance, which implies His rescue and saving every day (John 14:18; Psa. 68:5-6; 2:1, 7; Heb. 7:25; Rom. 5:10).
He is a Father to the orphans and a judge for the widows; this is God in His holy habitation. He causes the solitary to dwell in a household, caring for us when we feel we are lonely.
We cry out to Him in our troubles, and He delivers us from our distresses. He delivers us. This is how we have life and live by the faith of the Son of God, which is Christ infused into us.
Christ is our Physician, and we are His patients, enjoying Him as our Healer to be our forgiveness, enjoyment, joy, satisfaction, and freedom (Exo. 15:23- 26; Mark 2:1—3:6).
Christ is the light of the world, and we are His followers so that we may have the light of life and be His diffuser to spread the divine light (John 8:12; Matt. 5:14-16; Phil. 2:12-16; 1 John 1:5, 7, 9; Rev. 21:23).
This is how we live by faith: He is the light of the world and we become light in Him, even expressing Him to shine Him forth.
Lord Jesus, thank You for apportioning each one of us a certain measure of faith. Save us from thinking more highly of ourselves than we ought to think. Oh Lord, may we come to You daily to enjoy You and grow in faith! Increase our measure of faith, dear Lord! Praise the Lord, we are believers in Christ who have life and live by the faith of the Son of God! Amen, Lord, we want to abide in You as branches in the vine. We want to remain in the Body of Christ under Christ as the Head. We eat You as the bread of life, we drink You as the water of life, and we breathe You in as the breath of life. We love You, Lord, for we are Your bride and You are our dear Bridegroom. Thank You for being the Father to the orphans, and we are the orphans who have become the children of God! Hallelujah, Christ is our Physician and we are His patients who enjoy Him as our healer to be our forgiveness, enjoyment, joy, satisfaction, and freedom. Amen, Lord, You are the light of the world and we are Your followers to have the light of life and shine You forth! Praise the Lord, we are believers in Christ!
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 brother Ricky Acosta on this topic, and portions from, Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” pp. 286-287, 311-312, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, The Believers (1) (2026 July Semi-Annual Training), week 1, “Disciples, Believers, Saints, and Christians” – day 4.
- Hymns on this topic:
– Oh, perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, / To every believer the promise of God; / The vilest offender who truly believes, / That moment from Jesus a pardon receives. (Hymns #39 stanza 2)
– But when man takes Christ as life, / He’s in spirit born anew. / When he daily lives by Christ, / Vanity is turned to song. / Therefore, man can God express / That the whole world he would bless. / Living water flowing out / People’s thirst to satisfy. (Hymns #1404 stanzas 5-6)
– All my sicknesses I bring Him, / And He bears them all away; / All my fears and griefs I tell Him, / All my cares from day to day, / All my strength I draw from Jesus, / By His breath I live and move; / E’en His very mind He gives me, / And His faith, and life, and love. (Hymns #564 stanza 3)
