Seeing the Effect of Christ’s Crucifixion and Experiencing its Life-Releasing Aspect

Matt. 27:51-53 v. 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was split in two from top to bottom, and the earth was shaken and the rocks were split, v. 52 And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. v. 53 And they came out of the tombs after His resurrection and entered into the holy city and appeared to many.

The crucifixion of Christ is an amazing event and reality; the effect of Christ's crucifixion is excellent, and the life-releasing aspect of His crucifixion is truly amazing. Human death is sad, sorrowful, terrible, dreaded, and even horrible, but … [Continue reading]

In His Economy God gives us only One Person – Christ – and only One Way – the Cross

Col. 2:14-15 Wiping out the handwriting in ordinances, which was against us, which was contrary to us; and He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross. Stripping off the rulers and the authorities, He made a display of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

In His economy God gives us one person - Christ - and one way - the cross; Christ and the cross fulfills God's purpose and are the only way He takes to fulfill His desire. The way God deals with all the problems in the universe is the cross. God … [Continue reading]

The Crucified Christ is God’s Power, and God’s way to Solve Problems is the Cross

1 Cor. 2:2 For I did not determine to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and this One crucified.

The unique subject, center, content, and substance of the apostle's ministry is the crucified Christ, and God's way to deal with every problem in the universe is to terminate everyone and everything through the cross. As we are prayerfully … [Continue reading]

Seeing that the Cross is the Center of the Universe and the Principle of the Cross

Other than Christ Himself, nothing in God’s plan has a higher place than the cross. Christ and the cross are at the center of God’s plan. Christ is the center of God’s purpose, and the cross is the center of God’s procedure. Christ is the purpose of God’s plan, and the cross is the procedure of God’s plan. Everything in God’s plan takes Christ as its purpose and is carried out for Christ, and everything in God’s plan takes the cross as its procedure and is carried out through the cross. Hence, Christ is the center of God’s purpose in His plan, and the cross is the center of the procedure in God’s plan. God has determined to do everything in His plan in Christ, and God has determined to do everything in His plan through the cross. Without Christ, God’s plan has no purpose, and without the cross, God’s plan has no procedure. Witness Lee, Christ and the Cross, ch. 11

One of the major pieces of furniture in the temple seen by Ezekiel in a vision was the altar, which typifies the cross; the cross is the center of the universe, and the principle of the cross is termination, death. As those who love the Lord and … [Continue reading]

We need to Experience the Spirit of Jesus to have the Humanity of Jesus for God’s building

Eph. 4:2-3 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing one another in love, Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.

The key for us to experience the humanity of Jesus for God's building, that is, the secret for us to be Jesusly human for God to gain a corporate expression, is for us to experience the Spirit of Jesus. What God is after in this universe is a … [Continue reading]

Being Trained by the Lord Jesus to be Jesusly Human living a Divinely Human Life

[The Lord's] training was to help the disciples realize that they were mingled with the Triune God, that they were no longer merely human but divinely human, even “Jesusly human.” They were no longer separate from the Triune God, but they could now live a life in which they were one with the processed Triune God. They were no longer merely men but God-men, divine men, with the Triune God as their intrinsic essence to become their divine being. Witness Lee, God's New Testament Economy, p. 184

Because the humanity of Jesus is the only material qualified to be in the building of God, we need to be Jesusly human, that is, the most human of people, those who are under the Lord's training to let Jesus live in them. The Lord's death on the … [Continue reading]

Living out the Uplifted and Resurrected Humanity of Jesus for the Building of God

Eph. 4:24 And put on the new man, which was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the reality.

The unique material of God's holy building is the humanity of Jesus: for God's building, we need to be human not by our natural humanity but by the humanity of Jesus, the resurrected humanity, the uplifted humanity of Jesus. The way the Lord Jesus … [Continue reading]