We need to see the vision of the world as the system arranged systematically by Satan to usurp God’s people from God and His purpose. We may see the vision of Christ and the church, but if we don’t see the vision of the world, if we are not aware of what the world really […]
Seeing the Vision of the World, the Evil System Arranged by Satan to Usurp God’s People
August 18, 2014 by 1 Comment
We Need to Deny the Self and Take Christ as our Person for the Church Life Today
August 17, 2014 by 3 Comments
Why do we need to “deny the self”, lose our soul-life, and take up our cross to follow the Lord? Many believers and unbelievers alike may not like to hear these words of the Lord, but they are part of the secret of the Christian life. It is crucial for a believer to deny the […]
Deny the Self, Take up Your Cross, and Follow the Lord by Exercising Your Spirit
August 15, 2014 by 2 Comments
When the Lord shows us what is the greatest hindrance to the building up of His Body, we will truly see what the self is and how much it frustrates the Lord in building up His church. Under the divine light, as the Lord exposes our self in all its activities, manifestations, and utterances, we […]
The Self is the Enemy of the Body and the Greatest Hindrance to Building up the Body
August 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
We need the Lord’s mercy in order to see the vision of the self so that we may deny it, abhor it, and repudiate it, identifying ourselves with Christ and with the Body of Christ and rejecting our self. Toward God, the self is independent. Toward ourselves, the self is our soul life being expressed, […]
The Self is the Soul Declaring its Independence from God and from the Body of Christ
August 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By the Lord’s mercy we need to have the vision of the self, the greatest hindrance to seeing and entering into the reality of the heavenly vision. In relation to ourselves, the self is the soul life expressing its thoughts and opinions. In relation to Satan, the self is the embodiment of Satan, the thought […]
The Self is the Embodiment of Satan in our Soul, being Expressed through Opinions
August 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
God wants us to see the heavenly vision and be governed by it, and as believers in Christ we are meant to see the heavenly vision and be heavenly people living a heavenly life on earth. However, there are many hindrances to seeing this vision and entering into it, the first of which is the […]
We Need to See a Vision of the Self: the Soul-Life with its Thoughts and Opinions
August 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The heart of the heavenly vision is the vision of Christ and the church. However, in order for us to clearly see this vision and have it wrought into us, we need to see the vision of the self, the greatest hindrance to the building up of the Body of Christ. We have seen something […]
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