Never forget: as a believer in Christ, you are a God-man! We always need to remember this and be in the light of this revelation all the time – we are not only men, but we are men with the divine life, God-men, those who have God in them continually mingling Himself with them! When […]
We Need to Take Christ as our Person for the One New Man who Fulfills God’s Plan
December 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
After seeing so many aspects and ways to grow in life unto maturity, now we need to see some of the implications and applications of what the full-grown man is. What is the full-grown man that God desires to obtain, and what does he look like? First of all, for God to obtain a full-grown […]
Seeing how a Lover of the Lord Becomes Full of the Stature of Christ in Song of Songs
December 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The book of Song of Songs shows us how a believer is growing in life unto maturity to fully match Christ, even becoming the Shulammite, the feminine form of Solomon – the same as Christ in every possible way. The loving seeker of Christ is progressively experiencing Christ until he reaches full maturity, becoming the […]
We are Called to Live with Christ in His Ascension, as Seen in Song of Songs
December 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
A practical application and a sweet illustration of the progress made by the seeking lover of the Lord, the book of Song of Songs shows us how we can progressively experience Christ in our loving fellowship with Him until we become just like Him, matching Him as our Bridegroom. Hudson Taylor called this book, A […]
One who is Full of the Stature of Christ Reigns with Christ and Deals with the Enemy
December 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Being full of the stature of Christ is a Body matter – it cannot be accomplished individually. We need to remain in the Body and experience Christ for the Body so that we may attain to maturity in the spiritual life. Also, as we let the life of Christ grow in us and saturate all […]
Be Empowered in the Lord and Put on the Whole Armor of God so that You may Stand!
December 17, 2013 by 1 Comment
We cannot fight the spiritual warfare in ourselves, no matter how “strong” and “powerful” we think we may be in the spiritual realm. Firstly, we need to be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength (Eph. 6:10). We need to exercise our will to let the Lord empower us with the […]
Reigning in Life by Being Ruled in the Sweetness of Love and by Enjoying God as Grace
December 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our destiny as believers in Christ is to reign with Christ for God over all things. Today we need to submit to God’s authority and His sovereign arrangement in our circumstances and environment so that we may reign in life through Christ. The reigning in life the Bible talks about has nothing to do with […]
