The Christian Life, by Witness Lee

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THE SPIRIT BEING THE REALITY
OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION AND ITS POWER

The Spirit is the reality of Christ’s resurrection and its power, with which the Spirit has been compounded (1 John 5:6).

THE SPIRIT, COMPOUNDED WITH
CHRIST’S RESURRECTION AND ITS POWER,
INDWELLING OUR SPIRIT

The Spirit compounded with Christ’s resurrection and its power indwells our spirit (Rom. 8:11) to dispense Christ’s resurrection and its power not only to our spirit and soul (Rom. 8:6b, 10; 2 Cor. 4:16), but also to our mortal body (Rom. 8:11; 2 Cor. 4:11).

COOPERATING WITH THE RESURRECTING SPIRIT

We should cooperate with the resurrecting Spirit to recognize that we have been resurrected with Christ (Col. 2:12; Eph. 2:6a) and to pursue the power of the resurrection of Christ (Phil. 3:10a). Paul said that he wanted to know Christ and the power of His resurrection. This power will conform us to Christ’s death (Phil. 3:10b; 2 Cor. 4:10, 16).

The more we die, the more Spirit we have. The more we die, the more we are in resurrection. The more we die, the more the divine attributes, such as peace, joy, light, life, and love, will be with us to be the content of our human virtues. This is the Christian life, and this is the great mystery of godliness (1 Tim. 3:16). Godliness is the living out of the Triune God, the very manifestation of the divine Being in our flesh.

We need to be people who are occupied with the Triune God, with the consummated Spirit, and with the resurrection. We need to be "crazy" Christians who are filled with the Spirit inwardly and outwardly. We should be fully in resurrection. What is resurrection? Resurrection is the processed, consummated Triune God as the compound Spirit.

(The Christian Life, Chapter 10, by Witness Lee)