The Preeminent Christ is our Life and the Unique Constituent of the One New Man

And He is the Head of the Body, the church; He is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, that He Himself might have the first place in all things. Col. 1:18

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 … [Continue reading]

See a Vision of the All-inclusive, Extensive Christ and Enjoy Him for the One New Man

To whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Col. 1:27

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 … [Continue reading]

The Constituent of the New Man is the All-inclusive, Extensive Christ Replacing Culture

Where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all and in all. Col. 3:11

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, … [Continue reading]

The Christian Life is a Life of Living Christ all the Time, and not Living our Culture

...for to me, to live is Christ. Phil. 1:21a

Hallelujah, the Christian life is a life of living Christ - all the time - and not living our culture. By the Lord's mercy, we can see that our culture is a substitute for Christ, for we live our culture instead of living Christ; however, we should … [Continue reading]

When the All-inclusive Christ is Everything to us, we Live Christ and not our Culture

[Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation. Col. 1:15

When we see a vision of the all-inclusiveness and extensiveness of Christ, we will spontaneously drop our culture and anything that replaces Christ in our being and in our living; then, we will live Christ and not our culture. As we grow up in this … [Continue reading]

The Culture within us is Spontaneously replaced by the Christ we Enjoy and Experience

But moreover I also count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as refuse that I may gain Christ. Phil. 3:8

The culture within us is spontaneously replaced by the Christ whom we enjoy, experience, and gain. As believers in Christ who have received Christ, we should not allow culture to be a substitute for Him; rather, we need to enjoy Christ, experience … [Continue reading]

We are daily Learning to Live According to Christ and not According to our Culture

As therefore you have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, having been rooted and being built up in Him... Col. 2:6-7

When we say that Christ is versus culture, we are not saying that we should drop our culture and live without any culture whatsoever; rather, we need to live according to Christ by enjoying the all-inclusive, extensive Christ and allowing Him to … [Continue reading]