We need to exercise our spirit to contact the Lord and live by the new man, turning from our mind to our spirit as we come to the Word of God so that the Bible would become a book of life and we would receive spirit and life when we come to it. The book […]
Our Living According to the Spirit of our Mind Corresponds to the Reality in Jesus
When we live according to the spirit of our mind, our living corresponds to the reality in Jesus. We need to learn Christ and be taught in Him to live a life of reality; for us to learn Christ is simply to be molded into the pattern of Christ, that is, that we be conformed […]
We put on the New Man Practically as we Walk According to the Spirit of the Mind
In the church as the one new man we should not live according to the vanity of the mind but according to the spirit of the mind; we need to put on the new man by allowing our spirit to direct and govern us and by living according to our spirit. In Eph. 2:15-16, we […]
For the Church Life we Put Off the Old Manner of Life and Live in Spirit the New Man Life
We need to see that culture undermines our enjoyment of Christ, for whenever we return to the old manner of life, we are darkened within and estranged from God’s life; if we truly desire to be renewed, we need to put off the former manner of life, for in the new man there’s room only […]
We need to Put Off the Old Man with the Former Manner of Life and Live the Church Life
For the one new man, we need to put off the old man, that is, put off the former manner of life, for the old man with all that it includes is a damage to the church life, and the old manner of life (our culture) is a hindrance to our enjoyment of Christ and […]
Growing in Life and being Transformed by our Old Man Dying out and our New Man being Renewed
We are in the process of growing in life and being transformed by our old man dying out and our new man being being renewed day by day. Praise the Lord, our old man is being consumed, is dying out, and is put away, and our new man is growing up, is renewed, and is […]
Being Renewed in the Spirit of our Mind to have the Mind of Christ through the Cross
For us to be renewed in the spirit of our mind is inward and intrinsic, for it revolutionizes the way we think and perceive things, causing us to have the mind of Christ. What is this “the spirit of our mind” spoken of in Eph. 4:23? At the time of our regeneration, Christ as the […]