It is wonderful to realize that we as believers in Christ have God’s life in us, but we need to realize that our very person is an obstacle for the living out of God’s life; our mind, emotion, and will are subjective obstacles to God’s life in us. Our Christian life is a matter of […]
Becoming the Man-Child by being Inwardly Strengthened and by Pray-Reading the Word
The first major covenant God made with man can be seen in Gen. 3:15, where God came in after the fall of man and preached the gospel by promising that the seed of the woman will bruise the head of the serpent. Instead of rebuking Adam and Eve for what they did, God preached the […]
Building up the Church through the Inner Experience of the Indwelling Christ
How can we build up the church? As believers in Christ and members of the Body of Christ, it is our deepest yearning to contribute to building up the church as the Body of Christ so that our Lord Jesus would return soon for His Bride. But how do we build up the church? The […]
If Christ Remains Imprisoned Within us, We Cannot have the Proper Church Life
In order for us to have the proper church life as the corporate expression of Christ we need to have certain crucial experiences, the first of which is having our soul subdued and saturated with Christ. If we still live in and according to our soul, deciding things by ourselves as we always do, having […]
We Need to Deny the Self and Take Christ as our Person for the Church Life Today
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 […]
The Testimony of Jesus is the Great Multitude and the Bright Woman with her Man-child
In the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, we see a revelation of Christ (the word of God) and the church (the testimony of Jesus). Regarding the church as the testimony of Jesus, in Revelation we see eight main aspects: the seven golden lampstands, the great multitude before the throne, the great […]
Allowing the Indwelling Christ to Make His Home in Our Heart and Feel at Home in us
The highest point and the most profound aspect of Christ dwelling in us is found in Eph. 3:16 – Christ making His home in our heart. Why does God want to dwell in man? The desire of God’s heart is to have a house, a habitation, a dwelling place, and for this He comes to […]