Our standard of living as believers in Christ must not be according to our culture but according to the reality in Jesus, the reality lived out by the Lord Jesus when He was on earth, for the living of the new man should be the way that the Lord lived on earth. This week in […]
The Renewing of the New Man depends on our Seeking the Things which are Above
The renewing of the new man depends on our seeking the things which are above; we need to seek the things above so that we may respond to and reflect Christ’s activities by receiving the divine transmission in our organic union with Him. As believers in Christ, we need to be renewed day by day […]
We’re Renewed by the Cross, the Holy Spirit, our Mingled Spirit and the Word of God
Our need today is to be those who are being renewed day by day with the fresh supply of the resurrection life to replace our culture and to become the one new man in reality by becoming as new as the New Jerusalem! Amen! Our God is forever new; there’s no oldness in Him, and […]
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 […]
The Preeminent Christ is our Life and the Unique Constituent of the One New Man
In order for us to live the life of the new man, we need to have the all-inclusive, extensive Christ as our life and the unique constituent of the one new man, for in the new man there cannot be this or that but Christ – He is all and in all. The one new […]
See a Vision of the All-inclusive, Extensive Christ and Enjoy Him for the One New Man
We need a clear vision of the all-inclusive, extensive Christ being everything to us; such a vision will terminate the influence of culture on the experience of Christ and on the church life, for we will focus on enjoying Christ, taking Christ as our life, and living Christ, instead of living by our culture. We […]
The Constituent of the New Man is the All-inclusive, Extensive Christ Replacing Culture
Unconsciously, every person on earth is under the influence of his culture; when we came into the church life, we brought our culture with us, and this culture undermines our enjoyment of Christ and the church life, hence we need the all-inclusive, extensive Christ to replace our culture. This week we come to the matter […]