When the flesh is utterly dealt with, the kingdom of God immediately comes in; may we be absolute in dealing with our flesh and faithfully exercise our spirit to follow the Lord as the life-giving Spirit in our spirit. Amen! The lesson in 1 Sam. 15 is a very important one for us as […]
Faithfully Exercise our Spirit to Utterly Destroy the Flesh and Live in the Spirit
Pray in Union with the Interceding Christ to Cooperate with the Fighting Spirit and Put the Flesh to death
In order for us to deal with the flesh, we need to pray in union with the interceding Christ in order to cooperate with the fighting Spirit who indwells us; this is seen in type in Exo. 17, where Joshua, Moses, Hur, and Aaron were all involved in the defeat of the Amalekites. Amalek […]
We Serve in Newness of Spirit by Exercising our Spirit to Contact the Lord and Live in Spirit
As a new creation in Christ Jesus, we need to serve in newness of spirit, not in oldness of law and letter; newness of spirit refers to our regenerated spirit, for in spirit we have Christ and in spirit, we can contact God, who is new. On one hand, we need to live in newness […]
Christ as our Real Joshua Leads us into Glory and Rest, and He Fights against the Flesh
Joshua is a type of Christ in many aspects; Christ as the real Joshua is the real Captain of our salvation leading us into glory and into the good land to rest and enjoy Christ, He is the grace replacing the law, and He is the present and practical Christ as the indwelling, fighting Spirit […]
We need to Remain in the Process of being Designated the Sons of God by Resurrection
The fact that Christ as the seed of David became the Son of God speaks of the process of our being designated the sons of God by resurrection; as we contact God in spirit and live in spirit, we are being sonized, designated the sons of God by the process of resurrection. Hallelujah! The Lord […]
Living in Spirit in the Church Life as the Mystery of Godliness: God Manifested in the Flesh
We need to exercise ourselves unto godliness by exercising our spirit so that we may express the mystery of godliness – God manifested in the flesh. Amen, Christ lives in us and, when we exercise our spirit and live in the spirit, we will express God and become part of the corporate manifestation of God. […]
Let us pray for the saints to exercise their spirit to sense the atmosphere of the meeting and apply the hymns at the proper time
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would learn to exercise their spirit to sense the atmosphere of the meeting, discern its focus, and apply the hymns at the proper time by following the sense in their spirit (S.S. 7:4 and note 41; Phil. 1:9-10; Hymns, #866, ss. 1-2, 9-10). Hymns, #866, ss. 1-2: […]