We introduced a little what the birthright is in the previous article – the significance, preciousness, and enjoyment of the birthright in God’s economy: what is the birthright? – and we have seen that God intended for the whole human race to enjoy this birthright: expressing Him in His image (the priesthood), having dominion over […]
in His wisdom, God has made the birthright as an incentive and a reward for the seeking believers
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We need to contact Christ in our spirit by talking to Him, telling Him what’s on our heart
In order to contact something, we need to use the proper organ. For example, if you want to hear the voice of someone you need to use your ears. Now Christ is the Spirit today, so then we need to use our human spirit to contact Him. The spirit is the deepest part of our […]
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learning to activate the law of the Spirit of life in a simple way
Recently, I have really enjoyed a fresh and new appreciation of the law of the Spirit of life, and how much we need to SEE how this law can free us from all our struggling and strife. Many times, even in the church life, we would activate the law of good in our soul to […]
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learning Christ in a subjective way, being taught in Him and learn from Him
Ephesians 4:20 says, “But you did not so learn Christ”. What does it mean “to learn Christ”? To learn Christ does not mean that because Christ loved people, we should also love people. This is merely imitation. To learn Christ does not mean that we imitate Him; it means that we, within whom Christ dwells, have […]
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Eating, drinking, and breathing Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ
Our Christian life, just like our physical life, is being maintained / sustained by our continual supply – we need to daily eat, drink, and breathe in Christ. Christ is our real food, Christ is our real drink (John 6:55; John 6:30-35); He is the manna, He as the Spirit is the living water (John […]
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![And not only [so,] but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan in ourselves, eagerly awaiting sonship, the redemption of our body. Rom. 8:23](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/And-not-only-so-but-we-ourselves-also-who-have-the-firstfruits-of-the-Spirit-even-we-ourselves-groan-in-ourselves-eagerly-awaiting-sonship-the-redemption-of-our-body-1.jpg?fit=178%2C100&ssl=1)
