I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly. John 10:10b
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would proclaim the glad tidings concerning Christ as the eternal life for our experience and enjoyment, the One who changes all our death into life for God’s expression in humanity (John 2:1-11; 10:10b).
What is the glad tiding that God gave us? It is the bestowing of His Son to us. By His resurrection we are resurrected. Now He is living inside of us to be our life, so that we may live Him out and fulfill His demands. This is the glad tiding. The glad tiding is that God is fulfilling His own commandments inside of us! The gospel is not a set of do’s and don’ts. You do not have to crawl around the earth day and night like crabgrass, telling yourself over and over again that you are not supposed to sin. This is not a glad tiding. This is a grievous tiding. The gospel is that God is coming into us to live and obey for us. (Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol. 27, “The Normal Christian Faith,” ch. 14, p. 166)
The Bible says that those who believe in the Lord Jesus receive eternal life. The term eternal life refers not only to a life that is eternal but also to a life that is strong. It is called eternal life because it is unchanging. This life is unchanging because it is strong. The nature of this life is the exact opposite of the nature of the human life. The nature of the human life is weak and fragile, but the nature of the divine eternal life is strong. Therefore, the Lord Jesus as the strong divine life comes to the weak and fragile people in a low and mean place in order to take care of, to resolve, the problems of human weakness and fragility…
The most crucial need in human life is not this thing or that thing but a change of life. Originally, our condition is one of death. This condition can be resolved only by the eternal life. Only this life brings about a radical change within us, changing our death into life. Only the Lord Jesus can accomplish such a change within us. Only He as the resurrected Lord—the Lord of life and the Spirit of resurrection—can change all our death into eternal life. (Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1950-1951, vol. 3, “Changing Death into Life,” ch. 1, pp. 59-61, 64-65)
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