![In all the aspects of our daily life, we need to seek to please the Lord - who loves us and constrains us with His love - by living to Him. [Picture: 2 Cor. 5:9]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2cor5-9-NASB-ambition-be-pleasing-to-god.jpg?fit=300%2C231&ssl=1)
In 2 Cor. 5:9 we see that Paul had an ambition, a strong determination, to gain the honor of being well-pleasing to God. As ambassadors of Christ, we need to seek to be well-pleasing to God by living to Him. On the one hand, we shouldn’t be ambitious persons, especially ambitious for position or glory. […]
Being the Ambassadors of Christ Who Live by the Immortal Life in our Spirit
December 3, 2012 by 2 Comments
![Being the Ambassadors of Christ Who Live by the Immortal Life in our Spirit [Picture: 2 Cor. 5:20, we are ambassadors of Christ - be reconciled to God!]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2cor5-20-we-are-christs-ambassadors.jpg?fit=300%2C125&ssl=1)
In 2 Corinthians we see a particular aspect of the ones who work for God – they are ambassadors of Christ with the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:20). To be an ambassador is not a small thing – it is the greatest honor to be the ambassador of the King of Kings, to represent […]
Four Simple Ways to be Filled Inwardly and Clothed Outwardly with the Spirit
November 29, 2012 by 4 Comments
As believers in Christ who love the Lord and desire to have their life and work contribute to the advancing of God’s kingdom on earth, we need to do everything in ascension, by the Spirit, and in the divine stream. The Spirit today is both the life-giving Spirit (for us to breath in as the […]
Working for God by the Spirit by Being Filled Inwardly and Clothed Outwardly
November 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
The unique work God is doing today and the unique work in the Lord’s recovery is a work in ascension, by the Spirit, and in the divine stream. We have seen that for us to work one with God in what He is doing today we need to be in ascension, that is, in our […]
Propagating Christ On Earth By Doing a Work in Ascension, in Our Spirit!
November 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
![Propagating Christ On Earth By Doing a Work in Ascension, in Our Spirit! [in the picture: Acts 2:33]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/acts2-33-christ-exalted-poured-out-the-spirit1.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1)
Many people – both believers and unbelievers alike – have asked themselves, What is Christ doing right now? When He was on earth He was so busy and He did so much, but what about now? The Bible tells us that He is sitting at the right hand of God, enjoying all the fully accomplished […]
Being One with Christ in His Heavenly Ministry by Being in Ascension Today
November 26, 2012 by 6 Comments
We have seen that the Triune God has a unique work, and if we would work for God and with God we simply need to join in God’s unique work, and His work must be our work. Also, last week we saw that the Lord Jesus is our pattern in working for God, and His work […]
Christ Constantly Denied Himself: He Lived the Father and Worked with the Father
November 22, 2012 by 6 Comments
![Christ Constantly Denied Himself: He Lived the Father and Worked with the Father [picture: colorful leaves on a sunny day in Cardiff]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/colorful-leaves-cardiff-living-because-of-christ.jpg?fit=300%2C199&ssl=1)
In His human living, the Lord Jesus expressed the Father, declared the Father, and lived the Father. God the Father sent Christ the Son, and the Son lived because of the Father (John 6:57). This is very mysterious and yet very wonderful – Christ as the first God-man lived a life not in or by […]
