Why do we need to “deny the self”, lose our soul-life, and take up our cross to follow the Lord? Many believers and unbelievers alike may not like to hear these words of the Lord, but they are part of the secret of the Christian life. It is crucial for a believer to deny the […]
Deny the Self, Take up Your Cross, and Follow the Lord by Exercising Your Spirit
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 […]
The Self is the Enemy of the Body and the Greatest Hindrance to Building up the Body
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 Embodiment of Satan in our Soul, being Expressed through Opinions
God wants us to see the heavenly vision and be governed by it, and as believers in Christ we are meant to see the heavenly vision and be heavenly people living a heavenly life on earth. However, there are many hindrances to seeing this vision and entering into it, the first of which is the […]
We Need to See a Vision of the Self: the Soul-Life with its Thoughts and Opinions
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 […]
Being Thoroughly in the Divine Fellowship by Applying the Cross of Christ
It is so wonderful that the Lord has brought us into the fellowship of the divine life, where we can enjoy oneness with the Triune God, participating in all that He is and has accomplished. But we have to admit that there are still many problems in us, many obstacles to the fellowship of the […]
Christ Constantly Denied Himself: He Lived the Father and Worked with the Father
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In His human living, the Lord Jesus expressed the Father, declared the Father, and lived the Father. God the Father sent Christ the Son, and the Son lived because of the Father (John 6:57). This is very mysterious and yet very wonderful – Christ as the first God-man lived a life not in or by […]