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• THE TWO BECOMINGS
OF CHRIST •
God became flesh, born as a man called
Jesus.
"The Word became
flesh and tabernacled among us."
(John 1:14a)
The Lord became the Spirit called the
life-giving Spirit by His resurrection from the dead.
"The last Adam became
a life-giving Spirit."
(1 Corinthians 15:45)
Since this Spirit is the life-giving Spirit,
He dispenses God with His life into His believers. See
diagram below.
Hence, the Bible says:
"He who has the Son has the life;
he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life."
(1 John 1:12)
• REGENERATING MAN •
In his first birth, man obtains a physical
life. When man receives God's life through Christ, he experiences
a second birth, which the Bible calls regeneration.
"God... has regenerated us... through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead."
(1 Peter 1:3)
Jesus said,"Unless a man is born
anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3)
A pig cannot participate in the sheep's
kingdom and live a sheep's life by education, improvement, or regulation;
it must possess the life of a sheep.
Similarly, man cannot participate in God's kingdom and live a divine
life by education, improvement or regulation; he must receive the
life of God!
• THE MEANING OF BEING
A CHRISTIAN •
A Christian is one who receives God's
dispensing. God first dispenses Himself into our spirit and then
spreads from our spirit into our soul. Finally, He fills and saturates
our spirit, soul and body with Himself. The Bible calls this final
stage glorification.
"And whom He predestinated,
these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified;
and whom He justified, these He also glorified." (Romans
8:30)
Through this, we can be conformed to
the image of Christ.
"Because whom He foreknew, He also
predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son."
(Romans 8:29)
THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF HUMAN LIFE! THIS
IS THE MEANING OF BEING A CHRISTIAN! THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED
FOR YOU!
• WHAT MUST
YOU DO NOW? •
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