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 […]
Being Dealt with by the Cross to Become Useful in Resurrection for our Service to God
The resurrection of Christ is not only a great event that revolutionised mankind and changed the course of human history but also a realm and a reality in which we can and must live today for the Lord to gain the reality of the Body of Christ. We need to not only see a vision of Christ’s resurrection […]
Being Identified with Christ in His Death and Resurrection to Live the Church Life
Due to the fact that Abraham was short of faith in believing God concerning the promise of the land, God entered into a covenant with him to strengthen his faith. He instructed Abraham to get three cattle and two birds and slaughter / cut the cattle but leave the birds alive. Whenever someone offered something […]
As Resurrected People, We Now Live the Church Life Through Death and Resurrection
The living of Noah and his family after they came out of the ark was a seed of the church life. The first thing that Noah did was to set up an altar and to offer sacrifices to God (see Gen. 8:20). The first thing we do when we come into the church life is […]
The More our Natural Constitution is Dealt with, the More We will be in Resurrection!
For us as Christians and loving seekers of Christ to be useful to God, we need to cooperate with the Lord to deal with our natural constitution so that we may be fully brought in resurrection (see Phil. 3:3-11). God limits Himself and His activities on earth to man’s cooperation, and on our side, we […]
Being Willing to Deal with our Natural Constitution for us to be Useful to God
As believers in Christ, we all love the Lord and we want to serve Him and please Him to the best of our ability. Yet somehow it looks like if “we do our best to do good and please God” and “we try our best to serve Him according to what He tells us” things […]
Realising the Impotence and Insufficiency of Our Natural Being in the Things of God
In order for us to grow in the divine life and to serve God according to His heart’s desire, we need to deal with our natural constitution. How much we grow in life and how much we can minister life to others depends on our dealing with our natural constitution. We need to ask the […]