In order for us as children of God to reach the spiritual age of twenty, we need to pass through the first three stages of the experience of life and enter into the fourth stage; there’s the need for the dealing with the flesh, the self, and the natural constitution. Only those who were twenty […]
Denying the Self by the Cross to Depend on the Lord and on the Body of Christ
July 5, 2019 by 1 Comment
The greatest enemy of the Body is the self, the soul declaring independence from God and from the Body; when we see a vision of the self and depend on the Lord and on the members of the Body, we have the Lord’s presence, are full of peace, and touch the reality of the Body. […]
Learning to Take Christ as our Person to Live Christ as the Proper Church Life today
June 16, 2018 by Leave a Comment
If we as believers in Christ take Christ as our person and let Him live in us, we will live Christ as the proper church life. When we were regenerated, without us realising this, another person came into us – Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came into our spirit as the life-giving Spirit. […]
Denying the Self and Walking by the Spirit to Coordinate with Others in the Body
March 4, 2017 by 4 Comments
This week we have been prayerfully considering the coordination among the four living creatures in Ezek. 1; in a practical way, for us to coordinate with others we need to deny our self, live and act by God’s grace, walk by the Spirit and according to the spirit, and be one with the coordinating Triune […]
Learning to Exercise the Key of Denying the Self, who is the Embodiment of Satan
February 7, 2017 by 8 Comments
The building up of the church depends on the shutting of the gates of Hades through the exercise of the three keys, the first of which is denying the self; the self is nothing else but the embodiment of Satan – the self is one with Satan and is expressed through our opinionated mind. Matthew […]
Living a Self-Denying Life under the Heavenly Vision to Bring in God’s Kingdom
November 18, 2014 by 2 Comments
In the beginning of Genesis we see that God created man in His image and according to His likeness, and He intended that man would express Him and represent Him (Gen. 1:26-28). Then, at the end of Genesis, we see Jacob who expressed God in His image and, through Joseph, represented God with His dominion […]
Living under the Rulership of the Spirit within and Recognizing God’s Sovereignty
October 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In Joseph we see a person who accepted everything from God’s hand, one who did not blame or accuse others but lived a life under the rulership of the Spirit. He had feelings and emotions, but he kept them in check, and he didn’t express his excitement or his sorrow. The rulership of the Spirit is […]
