Constituted with the Resurrection of Christ
Our initial salvation brings us forgiveness and regeneration. Now we have a new life, Christ, in us. This life wants to grow, and as it grows, it saves us from our fallen constitution and behavior. This is “to be saved in His life” (Rom. 5:10).
Daily we can receive all that Christ is to us. This receiving is continual, like our daily receiving of physical food. The consummation is New Jerusalem. “Much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” (Rom. 5:17)
Sometimes because our stay in the death of Christ was a little short, His secretion of His resurrection life over us was not complete….Because the secretion of the resurrection life is not that thick in us, there are still parts of our being that the resurrection life has not touched. As pieces of rock, we need to abide in the death of Christ and enjoy the rich, thick secretion of His resurrection life to make us pearls. The rock is not made into a pearl by being taught but by being constituted with the resurrection life of Christ through His death.*
Being constituted with the resurrection life of Christ is to be “conformed to His image” in Romans 8:29, unto the glorification in 8:30. This glorification ultimately is New Jerusalem.
* From chapter 40, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
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Posted by Don on August 25, 2023
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