the Lord Jesus regards our dependence on Him and not what we can do for Him in our self

Wow, how much we need to see the vision of the Body so that we may see the self, deny the self, and exercise our spirit to depend on the Lord! I was also touched to see these practical aspects of the self and the way to practically deny our self for the building up of the Body of Christ!

# ambition, pride, and self-exaltation – these are the expression of the self rising up and being exalted. When full of the self, we have a dominating attitude, a suppressing spirit (putting others down), and a critical speaking. None are good for the building up of the church – they are means for the gates of Hades to attack the church! May the Lord shine on our self so that we may be those who use the key to deny the self! We need to take the lead to be humble, think not highly of ourselves, but being OK with what we are by the grace of God. Because of one's strong disposition his usefulness can be annulled. 1 Pet. 5:5 says, God gives grace to the humble – we need to be those who take the lead to humble ourselves and exercise our spirit, not to suppress, criticize, or dominate! In Matt 20 the Lord says that if you want to be first, you need to first be a slave! The Son of Man came not to BE served but TO SERVE – this is the Real King living in us to make us the church as the kingdom of God. Also, in Rom. 12:3, after we see the Lord's sanctification and proving what the will of God is, Paul says, do not think more highly of yourself! I am what I am by the grace of God – exercise your spirit and be what you are, never thinking of yourself more highly than you ought!
# self righteousness, self-justification, and exposing – the self has his own righteousness, it justifies itself all the time, and it exposes others!
# introspection and self-despising – these have nothing to do with the experience of the crucified and resurrected Jesus Christ. Don't look at your function in the Body so as to despise it – just be very happy to be what you are! No competing and no despising of ourselves – this is Satan, who uses the self from many directions.
# being offended by the church, the leading ones, or the saints – If we are selfless, we will never be offended. If we deny the self, we will never be offended. All the offenses come because we are so full of ourselves. Lord, save me! Strengthen me to exercise my spirit to deny my self!
# dissapointment and discouragement – in the self. When you're in the church as the kingdom, you have righteousness, peace, and joy! We have love, light, and the life in us is never dissapointed and never discouraged!
# self-love, self-preservation, self-seeking, and self-pity – in this way we can recognize the self. Who loves ME? We pity ourselves. The Lord Jesus never had any self-pity – He was self-less. The way to build up the church is to exercise the key to deny the self.
# murmurings and reasonings – Philippians says, do all things without murmurings and reasonings! Christ as our life to be experienced as our organic Savior. Much more we will be saved! The Lord wants to save us from this aspect of our self. Outwardly we may not say anything, but inwardly there's the muttering and murmuring, and there's the reasoning… – these are attaking the church as the gates of Hades!
# natural affection (friendship) based on natural taste and preference – the Lord said, Who is my brother / mother / sister? Yes, He did love His family members, but He was not full of natural affection, He was not controlled or governed by this. He was controlled by the will of the Father! Phil. 2 encourages us to have the same love for all the saints! The Lord wants us to love all the brothers with the same kind of love!
# being opinionated and dissenting – see John 11, Martha being so full of opinions and frustrating Christ.
# being individualistic and independent (1 Cor. 16:12) – Apollos was asked by Paul to go visit some churches, but he said he will do so when it is convenient for him…

Wow, how much we need to see the vision of the Body so that we may see the self, deny the self, and exercise our spirit to depend on the Lord! I was also touched to see these practical aspects of the self and the way to practically deny our self for the building up of the Body of Christ!

# ambition, pride, and self-exaltation – these are the expression of the self rising up and being exalted. When full of the self, we have a dominating attitude, a suppressing spirit (putting others down), and a critical speaking. None are good for the building up of the church – they are means for the gates of Hades to attack the church! May the Lord shine on our self so that we may be those who use the key to deny the self! We need to take the lead to be humble, think not highly of ourselves, but being OK with what we are by the grace of God. Because of one’s strong disposition his usefulness can be annulled. 1 Pet. 5:5 says, God gives grace to the humble – we need to be those who take the lead to humble ourselves and exercise our spirit, not to suppress, criticize, or dominate! In Matt 20 the Lord says that if you want to be first, you need to first be a slave! The Son of Man came not to BE served but TO SERVE – this is the Real King living in us to make us the church as the kingdom of God. Also, in Rom. 12:3, after we see the Lord’s sanctification and proving what the will of God is, Paul says, do not think more highly of yourself! I am what I am by the grace of God – exercise your spirit and be what you are, never thinking of yourself more highly than you ought!
# self righteousness, self-justification, and exposing – the self has his own righteousness, it justifies itself all the time, and it exposes others!
# introspection and self-despising – these have nothing to do with the experience of the crucified and resurrected Jesus Christ. Don’t look at your function in the Body so as to despise it – just be very happy to be what you are! No competing and no despising of ourselves – this is Satan, who uses the self from many directions.
# being offended by the church, the leading ones, or the saints – If we are selfless, we will never be offended. If we deny the self, we will never be offended. All the offenses come because we are so full of ourselves. Lord, save me! Strengthen me to exercise my spirit to deny my self!
# dissapointment and discouragement – in the self. When you’re in the church as the kingdom, you have righteousness, peace, and joy! We have love, light, and the life in us is never dissapointed and never discouraged!
# self-love, self-preservation, self-seeking, and self-pity – in this way we can recognize the self. Who loves ME? We pity ourselves. The Lord Jesus never had any self-pity – He was self-less. The way to build up the church is to exercise the key to deny the self.
# murmurings and reasonings – Philippians says, do all things without murmurings and reasonings! Christ as our life to be experienced as our organic Savior. Much more we will be saved! The Lord wants to save us from this aspect of our self. Outwardly we may not say anything, but inwardly there’s the muttering and murmuring, and there’s the reasoning… – these are attaking the church as the gates of Hades!
# natural affection (friendship) based on natural taste and preference – the Lord said, Who is my brother / mother / sister? Yes, He did love His family members, but He was not full of natural affection, He was not controlled or governed by this. He was controlled by the will of the Father! Phil. 2 encourages us to have the same love for all the saints! The Lord wants us to love all the brothers with the same kind of love!
# being opinionated and dissenting – see John 11, Martha being so full of opinions and frustrating Christ.
# being individualistic and independent (1 Cor. 16:12) – Apollos was asked by Paul to go visit some churches, but he said he will do so when it is convenient for him…

Amen ,LET the peace of CHRIST arbitrate in your heart

Amen
Make us buildable members in your body

Amen lord