We need to labor on the all-inclusive Christ in order to have a surplus of Christ to bring to the church meetings both for our enjoyment corporately and for the corporate worship of God our Father; we worship God in spirit and truthfulness, that is, in our spirit and with the Christ we have experienced […]
Worship God in Spirit with Christ as the Reality, Offering Christ to God for His Satisfaction
Living in the Inward Parts of Christ and Realising our Equal Status in the New Man
![In the new man the members love one another in faith (Titus 3:15). The relationship is of love through faith. The apostle appreciates the fellowship of Philemon’s faith (Philem. 6) and is encouraged by his love (v. 7); thus he entreats him to receive Onesimus because of this love (v. 9). These two virtues are referred to in a combined way. Philemon has both of them, not only toward the Lord, but also toward all the saints. Witness Lee, Life-Study of Philemon, p. 2](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/In-the-new-man-the-members-love-one-another-in-faith2.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1)
In the church as the one new man all believers have an equal status, for they all are filled and saturated with Christ, and they love one another in faith by living in the inward parts of Christ. In Colossians we see both the definition and the practical application of the one new man with […]
Christ is housing Himself in our heart and we become one with Christ in His inward parts
“God the Father is exercising His authority through God the Spirit to strengthen us into the inner man that God the Son may make His home deep down in our hearts” (quote from God’s New Testament Economy) – this is what happens in Eph. 3:16. Some believers may say only that Christ is in the […]
learning to take the inward parts of Christ Jesus as our own inward parts in caring for the church
What does the expression “the inward parts of Christ Jesus” mean? This morning we were praying over Phil. 1:8 and Col. 3:12 and I was encouraged to open to the Lord and allow Him to infuse me with His feelings, His desires, His emotions, His mind, His will – even to replace my inward parts […]