Christ Died for the Church to Sanctify her and Present her to Himself Glorious

That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish. Eph. 5:27

In order for the church to display the multifarious wisdom of God to the enemy and to the whole universe, Christ Himself became wisdom from God to us as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. We were sinners, lost and even dead in sin, but … [Continue reading]

The Rainbow around God’s Throne Signifies that Christ Became Wisdom to us from God

Through the church God's multifarious wisdom is being manifested and displayed to the enemy and to the whole universe, and for this Christ became wisdom to us from God, both righteousness and sanctification and redemption (1 Cor. 1:30). It is a fact … [Continue reading]

Experiencing Christ Day-by-Day as Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption

Christ should continually flow from God to us and be our present and practical wisdom in our experience.

It is of God that all the born again Christians are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification (holiness) and redemption (glory) (see 1 Cor. 1:30). All the believers in Christ are part of the church, and … [Continue reading]

Christ Became Wisdom to us from God as Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption

Christ was made wisdom to us from God as three vital things in God’s salvation: righteousness (for our past), by which we have been justified by God that we might be reborn in our spirit to receive the divine life (Rom. 5:18); sanctification (for our present), by which we are being sanctified in our soul, that is, transformed in our mind, emotion, and will, with the divine life (6:19, 22); and redemption (for our future), that is, the redemption of our body (8:23), by which we will be transfigured in our body with His divine life to have His glorious likeness (Phil. 3:21; 1 John 3:2). (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, p. 84)

God's purpose for the church is to subdue His enemy by displaying His multifarious wisdom through the church. The church is God's masterpiece, His work of art, His amazing handiwork to be displayed for all to see God's multifarious wisdom. Through … [Continue reading]

We have been Saved by Grace through Faith to be God’s Masterpiece, His New Creation

God's purpose for the church is threefold: the church must have the full sonship through the process of sanctification, through the church God's multifarious wisdom would be made known to the enemy, and all things would be headed up in Christ through … [Continue reading]

The Divine Sanctification is the Holding Line in the Carrying out of the Divine Economy

All the believers in Christ as God's chosen ones are in the process of becoming holy and without blemish before Him in love, and they are predestinated unto sonship in love. God predestinated us to be holy and without blemish before Him in love (Eph. … [Continue reading]

Being Sanctified by the Spirit unto Sonship and Growing in the Life of Christ

God’s chosen ones are made His sons by His sanctifying Spirit.

As God's chosen ones, all the believers in Christ are made the sons of God in full by His sanctifying Spirit. First, the Spirit sanctifies us positionally by working in our environment to bring us to salvation, and then He operates in us in a … [Continue reading]