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 […]
Deny the Self, Take up Your Cross, and Follow the Lord by Exercising Your Spirit
August 15, 2014 by 2 Comments
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 […]
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 […]
Walk in a Manner Worthy of God and Let Your Light Shine so that God may be Glorified
July 16, 2014 by 2 Comments
The believers in Christ have been called by God to enter into His kingdom and glory (1 Thes. 2:12). God actualized His choice and predestination by calling His believers in time through His appearing to them as the God of glory. We all can testify that we were living our life in the vanity of […]
Being Conformed to Christ’s Death by the Power of His Resurrection for the New Jerusalem
June 10, 2014 by 3 Comments
Through regeneration, we enter the kingdom of God and have access to enter into the New Jerusalem, and by remaining in the death of Christ (as the grain of sand remains in the wound of the oyster) we have a further entering into the New Jerusalem and a further becoming of the New Jerusalem. The […]
Letting Christ Live in us (our Wedding Garment) and Shining out Christ (our Beauty)
June 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
The many characteristics and aspects of the New Jerusalem need to be our enjoyment and experience today, and in the church life we need to have a foretaste of the New Jerusalem. Every genuine believer in Christ is a miniature of the New Jerusalem, and every local church is a “little New Jerusalem”. In Revelation […]
