In His heavenly ministry today Christ is interceding, ministering, and executing God’s administration, and we need to be those who respond to Christ’s heavenly ministry by setting our mind on the things which are above and corresponding to Him in prayer. For the Lord to gain the reality of the one new man lived out […]
Ruled by the Peace of Christ, Inhabited by the Word of Christ, and Living in Union with God
December 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
For us to persevere in prayer for the one new man we need to let the peace of Christ arbitrate in us, let the word of Christ dwell in us richly, and live in union with Christ (see Col. 3:15-17). This is the condition that we must find ourselves in so that we can persevere […]
During our Times of Genuine Prayer we Live Christ and Touch the Reality of the New Man
December 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Our experience during times of genuine prayer enables us to touch the reality of the one new man; when we have times of genuine prayer, we are one spirit with the Lord, we live Christ, and we are the new man. Our prayer has to be the genuine prayer. Ever since we were regenerated, we […]
We need to Grow in Christ and be Perfected to Function for the Building up of the Body
December 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment
For the one new man to come into existence practically and function properly, we all need to grow in the divine life unto maturity and we need to be perfected in our function so that all the perfected members of the Body would build up the Body by functioning in their measure. There may be […]
We need to Labor and Struggle to Present all the Saints Full-Grown in Christ for the New Man
December 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
For the practical existence of the one new man, we need to labor and struggle to present all the saints full-grown in Christ; all the things we do should be with ministering Christ to others in view, so that we may be able to present them full-grown in Christ before God. On one hand we […]
The New Man is Perfected by our Growing in Life and being Perfected in our Function
December 12, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In Eph. 4 we see the perfecting of the new man through the growth in life; just as a man needs to be perfected and grow through cherishing and nourishing, so the new man needs to be perfected to function in a normal way. We cannot have a part in the producing of the new […]
Growing up into the Head, Christ, by Holding the Head to Grow with the Growth of God
December 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
As believers in Christ, we need to grow up into the Head, Christ, in all things, having the growth of God, the increase of God, for the growing of the Body to be the one new man. There’s a difference between growing in Christ and growing up into the Head, Christ, in all things. Many […]
