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Freedom Streams PodcastFreedom Streams PodcastRESURRECTION LIFE(EASTER MESSAGE) by Pastor DenisFreedom Experience is a Teaching ministry of the word that is driven by the purpose (“that believers may Subjectively realize the Full Knowledge of the Truth”1 timothy 2:4 Amp), experiencing God in the incarnated word (Christ) to be life and light to man with grace and reality for man’s enjoyment. We believe that total freedom in Christ comes by Attaining & Experiencing the acquired truth in doctrine (Objective Truths in the Bible), Subjectively/practically for enjoyment and reality for Expression and Dispensing.2023-06-181h 01Life and Building TeachingsLife and Building TeachingsThe Ultimate Destiny of A Believer Pr. DenisChristians have been told that they will go to heaven to live in a mansion and walk on streets of gold. But the pure revelation in the Bible tells us that our ultimate destiny is much higher, richer, and more profound. It is the New Jerusalem. We must see three crucial aspects of the New Jerusalem as our eternal destiny.2021-07-2718 minLife and Building TeachingsLife and Building TeachingsWhat is Meaning of Baptism Pr. DenisIn the book of Exodus, which is a book of pictures, we have a remarkable picture of baptism. The New Testament speaks in various places regarding the significance of baptism. However it is exceedingly helpful to ponder the picture of baptism in the book of Exodus.2021-07-2736 minLife and Building TeachingsLife and Building TeachingsWhat is the House of God Pr. DenisGod asked David two questions: “Are you the one who will build Me a house?” and “When did I ever ask someone to build Me a house of cedar?” The answers to these two questions give us a clear understanding of what God desires for His dwelling place.2021-07-2731 minGracious promisesGracious promisesTriumph Living in Difficult Situations Pr. DenisWhen I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ. (2 Corinthians 2:12-14) Triumphant living is one of the characteristics that God wants to develop in us by the work of His grace. Even when we are in difficult situations, the Lord wants us to learn to walk in the victory that is available...2021-07-1317 minFreedom Streams DevotionsFreedom Streams DevotionsSelf-Complacency Leading to Spiritual DecadenceAccording to the Word of God and the experience of many saints, the first thing the Holy Spirit does within a person (which is the same work He does within everyone) is to create a longing heart in him. All spiritual progress begins when God initiates a good work in a person through the Holy Spirit by creating a longing within. The first work of the Holy Spirit is to give us a sense of dissatisfaction and to create in us a desire to be better. This is the beginning of spiritual progress. Putting it another way, all failure and...2021-04-2430 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA Precious Promise of God's ProvisionIn recent meditations, we have looked at two differing categories of promises: "exceedingly great and precious promises" and "unpopular" promises. Both play a vital role in God's plan. The first category of promises brings encouragement, comfort, and hope. The second category warns, convicts, and awakens. Both types are equally certain of fulfillment. Both types are to be heeded and embraced. For awhile now, let's alternately consider promises from these two categories.1970-01-0114 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWhat is the Old ManThe term the old man is used three times in the New Testament (Rom. 6:6; Eph. 4:22; and Col. 3:9). In Romans 6:6 the old man is something personal, whereas in Ephesians and Colossians, according to the context, it is clearly something corporate. When we are saved and baptized, we put off the old man both in a personal way and in a corporate way. In Romans 6:6 the old man refers to our natural but fallen life; it is the life of our soul, which acts independently of God. This is the “I” that Paul said was crucified with Christ (Gal. 2:20). Since that old “I,” th...1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWhat is the SelfTo understand what the self is, we must consider the creation and fall of man. God created man with a spirit, a soul, and a body (Gen. 2:7; 1 Thes. 5:23; Heb. 4:12). He made man’s spirit with the capacity to contact, receive, and contain God (John 4:24; 3:6; Rom. 8:16). God formed man’s soul with the faculties of mind, emotion, and will so he could express Him. God created man’s body so he could contact the physical world. God’s intention was for man to be filled in his spirit with God’s divine life to express Him through the organ of his soul.1970-01-0134 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWhat is the New ManThe New Testament uses the phrase “new man” three times. In Ephesians 2:15 Paul says that Christ on the cross created “one new man” in Himself. In Ephesians 4:24, Paul tells us to “put on the new man, which was created according to God.” Then in Colossians 3:10 Paul says that we “have put on the new man, which is being renewed.” What is the new man? Was it created by Christ on the cross or is it being created now through our being renewed? In his first mention of the new man, Paul speaks of how Christ created one new man out of the two peopl...1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWhat is The Process of God's EconomyWe must pay careful attention to an expression such as “the processed Triune God” to correctly understand what it means. This matter is in the depths of the divine revelation, based on the Word of God and not on philosophy, religious theology, nor a self-invented understanding. The Bible clearly reveals that there is one God who is immutable in His essence and attributes; He does not change (Isa. 45:5; 1 Cor. 8:4). He is eternally the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.1970-01-0137 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Christian's BirthrightFew Christians today understand the biblical idea of the birthright. Yet to the writers of both the Old and New Testaments, it was a tremendous matter. We believers, by virtue of our second birth, are the sons of God and participate in God’s blessings as our spiritual birthright in both this age and the next. Our birthright as Christians is to inherit all that God is in Christ. The apostle Paul told us that Christ Himself is our allotted inheritance (Col. 1:12; Eph. 1:14), that we are heirs of God (Rom. 8:17), and that we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in...1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Believer's Second GarmentThe Believer’s Second Garment [Matthew 22:11] says, “But when the king came in and beheld those reclining at the table, he saw there a man not clothed with a marriage garment.” The man without a marriage garment must surely have been a saved one. How could anyone answer God’s calling, yet not be saved? As long as we have answered God’s calling, we have been saved. In verse 14 the Lord Jesus speaks of many being called, and in Ephesians 4:1 Paul points out that we, the saved ones, are the called ones. We have been called to be saved. Although t...1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWhat is the Life Giving SpiritThe revelation of the Holy Spirit in the Bible includes many divine titles, such as, the Holy Spirit (Matt. 1:20), the Spirit of God (Rom. 8:9), the Spirit of Jesus (Acts 16:7), the Spirit (John 7:39), the Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9), the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:19), and the seven Spirits (Rev. 1:4). Each divine title has its own significance, revealing a different aspect of the Holy Spirit in the plan of God and in the experience of the believers. One of the most profound titles in the New Testament concerning the Spirit is “the life-giving Spirit” (1 Cor. 15:45). This aspect of the Spirit is for impa...1970-01-0137 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Meaning of the Good Land.” The all-inclusive Christ, signified by the good land, is exceedingly rich! He is the springs and fountains (John 4:10, 14; 7:37-38). He is the wheat, barley, and vines (John 12:24; 6:9; 15:1, 5). The innumerable riches of the good land illustrate the unsearchable riches of Christ (Eph. 3:8). This understanding concerning the good land is confirmed by Colossians 1:12, which speaks of “the allotted portion of the saints in the light.” The term allotted portion refers to the allotment of the good land given to the children of Israel as their inheritance, showing that the portion given to the New Testament believers is not a physical land but the al...1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWhat is the Healing of Blindness in the Gospel of Mark[In Mark chapter 10] the Lord asked the same question both of James and John and of Bartimaeus: “What do you want Me to do for you?” (vv. 36, 51). In the Lord’s understanding, the two sons of thunder were the same as the poor beggar. However, there was a significant difference: James and John begged in a wrong way, but Bartimaeus begged in a right way. James and John asked to sit on the Lord’s right and left, but Bartimaeus asked to receive his sight. By dying with Him we pass out of our blindness and into the Lord’s resurrecti1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsLUNCH HOUR-IAM HE...I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEEI AM HE. I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE John 9:9- The Lord will not only open your Eyes but he will also change your status, your countenance, your position. A Visitation from the Lord Can Change Your Story, A Divine Encounter with the Christ Can Turn Around your Life. The Secret to this is Listening to the Life giving & Creative Word, Obeying the Command to Go, putting your Faith in Action to Wash in Siloam, and knowing what to do and what say the moment you receive the light of life and recover your spiritual sight.1970-01-0158 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE SPIRIT DESCENDING AS A DOVEA dove is gentle, and its eyes can see only one thing at a time. Hence, it signifies gentleness and singleness in sight and purpose. By the Spirit of God descending upon Him as the dove, the Lord Jesus ministered in gentleness and singleness, focusing solely on the will of God.1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience of Christ Episode 17.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0133 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA Precious Promise of God's Perfecting WorkThis one pertains to His perfecting work in the lives of those who know Him and humbly depend upon Him. This priceless promise is the Old Testament forerunner of the one from Philippians 1:6. "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it."1970-01-0115 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA Fragrance of Christ to Every PersonThe fragrance of Christ is one of the great characteristics that God wants to build into our lives by His grace. "Now thanks be to God who . . . through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge." This spiritual aroma, which results from getting to know the Lord, blesses the heart of God. "For we are to God the fragrance of Christ." The Father loves to see the life of His Son being expressed in and through our humanity, even though this requires our dying to self.1970-01-0113 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA Fragrance of Christ to GodIn addition to the characteristic of triumphant living, God also wants to mark our lives with the fragrance of Christ. "Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge." Just as there are physical fragrances that can be noticed by our physical senses, there are also spiritual fragrances that can impact us spiritually. If a person partakes of food that is heavily seasoned with garlic, others will notice the fragrance of garlic.1970-01-0112 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA Ministry of Mercy and GraceIn addition to heavenly liberty, God desires to mark our lives with other spiritual characteristics. One of these is the godly encouragement that comes from living and serving under a ministry of mercy and grace. This ministry is the only ministry of the New Testament which is Christ The service we now render to the Lord is based upon mercy: "since we have this ministry(which is Christ), as we have received mercy."1970-01-0112 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA Precious Promise of God's Completing WorkHe has made us new creatures in His Son. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17). He has supplied us with immeasurable heavenly resources. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" (Ephesians 1:3). What a grand work has been started in us. Yet, God's saving work is "so great a salvation" (Hebrews 2:3).1970-01-0111 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsDeep Calls Unto Deep Pt 1.Psalm 42:7 says, "Deep calls unto deep." Only a call from the depths can provoke a response from the depths. Nothing shallow can ever touch the depths, nor can anything external touch the inward parts. Only the deep will respond to the deep. Anything that does not issue from the depths cannot touch the depths. Others can respond deep within to only what issues from deep within us. When we go to a certain place and listen to a message, the only thing that touches us is something that has issued from the depths of others. If nothing comes from the...1970-01-0114 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsDeep Calls Unto Deep Pt 2Psalm 42:7 says, "Deep calls unto deep." Only a call from the depths can provoke a response from the depths. Nothing shallow can ever touch the depths, nor can anything external touch the inward parts. Only the deep will respond to the deep. Anything that does not issue from the depths cannot touch the depths. Others can respond deep within to only what issues from deep within us. When we go to a certain place and listen to a message, the only thing that touches us is something that has issued from the depths of others. If nothing comes from the...1970-01-0114 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsDeep Calls Unto Deep Pt 3Psalm 42:7 says, "Deep calls unto deep." Only a call from the depths can provoke a response from the depths. Nothing shallow can ever touch the depths, nor can anything external touch the inward parts. Only the deep will respond to the deep. Anything that does not issue from the depths cannot touch the depths. Others can respond deep within to only what issues from deep within us. When we go to a certain place and listen to a message, the only thing that touches us is something that has issued from the depths of others. If nothing comes from the...1970-01-0114 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsDeep Calls Unto Deep Pt 4Psalm 42:7 says, "Deep calls unto deep." Only a call from the depths can provoke a response from the depths. Nothing shallow can ever touch the depths, nor can anything external touch the inward parts. Only the deep will respond to the deep. Anything that does not issue from the depths cannot touch the depths. Others can respond deep within to only what issues from deep within us. When we go to a certain place and listen to a message, the only thing that touches us is something that has issued from the depths of others. If nothing comes from the...1970-01-0113 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsDeep Calls Unto Deep Pt 5Psalm 42:7 says, "Deep calls unto deep." Only a call from the depths can provoke a response from the depths. Nothing shallow can ever touch the depths, nor can anything external touch the inward parts. Only the deep will respond to the deep. Anything that does not issue from the depths cannot touch the depths. Others can respond deep within to only what issues from deep within us. When we go to a certain place and listen to a message, the only thing that touches us is something that has issued from the depths of others. If nothing comes from the...1970-01-0114 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode6The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE DISTRIBUTING OF THE FATHER'S RICHESTHE DISTRIBUTING OF THE FATHER'S RICHES. At the time of Paul, many rich families had stewards whose responsibility was to distribute food and other necessities to members of the household. Our Father has a great family, a divine household. Because our Father has such vast riches, there is the need in His household for many stewards to dispense these riches to His children. This dispensing is the stewardship. Hence, a stewardship is a dispensation...1970-01-0128 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsKINGDOM CITZENS BEING THE LIGHT OF THE WORLDThe Lord wisely spoke about not being covered by a bushel. In ancient times a bushel, as a measure for grain, was something related to eating and therefore related to the matter of making a living. Thus, hiding the lamp under the bushel indicates anxiety concerning our living.1970-01-0129 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsLUNCH HOUR-CHRIST OUR SATISFACTIONThe thirst of this Samaritan woman had led her to many wrong things, such as having five husbands and living with a man who was not her husband. That was the kind of life she found herself in. She sought the physical things to satisfy her, but found only dissatisfaction. The six men represent the physical and material things, which could never satisfy people.1970-01-0157 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE PEACEMAKERS BEING THE SONS OF GODPEACEMAKERS BEING CALLED THE SONS OF GOD If we are peacemakers, we shall be called the sons of God. The sons of the Devil make trouble, but the sons of God make peace. As the Son of God, the Lord Jesus made peace with God and man. (the Sign of the Cross) Now, as the sons of God, we must follow Him to make peace. Then we shall be called the sons of God.1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE PURE IN HEART SEEING GODTo be righteous is to deal with ourselves, to be merciful is to deal with others, and to be pure in heart is to deal with God. Toward ourselves, we must be strict and allow no excuses. Toward others, we should be merciful, giving them more than they deserve. But toward God we must be pure in heart, seeking nothing besides Him.1970-01-0128 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode1The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode2The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode4The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode5The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsJESUS' COMING TO GALILEE TO MEET OUR LOWLY CONDITION-LUNCH HOURThe Gospel of John speaks of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God coming to people so that they may have His life. Although the Lord Jesus contacted thousands of people when He was on the earth, John selected specific cases to prove that in order to meet all man’s needs the Lord Jesus causes man to have His life. The event recorded in this portion of John 2 is one of many cases.1970-01-0158 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode7.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0133 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode8.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode9.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0133 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode10.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience Of Christ Episode11.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience of Christ Episode 12.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0128 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience of Christ Episode 13.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0133 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience of Christ Episode 14.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience of Christ Episode 15.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0133 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Experience of Christ Episode 16.mp3The Vision of Christ in Colossians The Subjective Experience of Christ in Galatians The Secret of Experiencing Christ in Philippians The Issue of the Experience of Christ in Ephesians1970-01-0133 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsHIDDEN WITH CHRIST TO BE MANIFESTED WITH HIMToday our life is hidden with Christ in God. But one day Christ will appear, and we shall be manifested with Him in glory. Although we shall be manifested with Christ in the future, now is the time for us to be hidden. At present, even Christ is hidden1970-01-0128 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE TEACHINGS OF THE LIFE WITHINIn spiritual matters, it is useless to have teachings without feelings. Suppose a person hears that lying is a sin and an improper thing for a Christian to do. As a result he also tells others that lying is a sin and that he should not lie. But the question is not whether he says with his mouth that he should not lie. The question is whether or not he feels anything wrong within him when he lies.1970-01-0148 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE BELIEVER'S BEING SEEDS OF GODGod has to sow us, the person, as a seed among them. Do we see this? God is sowing us; we are the seed that is being sown. God works through His own words within man. When we preach the word to others, we are sowing the word of God into them, and we expect to have a harvest. But if we only see the seed as the words of God, and not as people, we cannot work for God. If we only care for the words we preach and if we presume that as long as we are right...1970-01-0142 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsARE YOU LIKE A DEAD LEAF GOING WITH THE CURRENT"This world" [in v. 2 above] refers to the satanic system composed of many ages. The word "age" here refers to a part, a section, an aspect, of the system of Satan, particularly the present and modern appearance of that system, which is used by him to usurp and occupy people and keep them away from God and His purpose. When we were dead in offenses and sins, we walked according to the age, the modern appearance, the present course, of the world, the satanic system.1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE LORD'S CARE FOR OUR PRACTICAL LIVINGThe disciples were backsliding from the Lord's call to their old occupation. The Lord had told His disciples to wait in heavenly power from on high. But the disciples had left that position, giving up that ground. By leaving Jerusalem and coming to Galilee, they gave up their position. They had decided to go to the sea to fish. Peter and the other disciples went fishing because of their living. They might have lacked a sufficient supply of food and were very concerned about it.1970-01-0134 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsHOW CAN A CHRISTIAN LIVE LIKE A FISH SURVIVE IN SALT WATERFirst, the fish are mentioned, the animal life with the lowest consciousness. We have all had some experience of this. Suppose there are some goldfish swimming in the water and we come near them. They will be frightened away. However, if we scatter some food into the water and keep away, all the fish will return. This life is higher than the tree life, higher than the plant life (Ezek. 47:7, 9). Although it is not very high, it is higher. This is the first step of the growth of life.1970-01-0136 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE COST OF FOLLOWING CHRISTThese people go along with the Lord, and to them He turns to speak. The purport of what He will next say is this: Yes, you are saved; but if you want to follow Me, you will now have to fulfill certain conditions. He thus raises the standard of truth, for He will not lower God’s ordained yardstick on account of the great multitudes.1970-01-0136 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGSAll the blessings, benefits, and bounties in the universe are of three categories. The first category is God's creation, the second is God's redemption, and the third is God's regeneration. In God's creation we enjoy so many good things: air, sunshine, minerals, animal life, vegetable life. All these are good things of God's creation, and we are qualified to partake of them because we are God's creatures. Furthermore, as the redeemed ones, we enjoy forgiveness of sins, justification by faith, reconciliation in God's grace, and sanctification. Because we are redeemed, all the benefits in God's redemption are ours.1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTRANSMISSION OF EXTRA ORDINARY POWER TO USThe great power that operated in Christ has subjected all things under His feet. For Christ to be far above all is one thing; for all things to be subjected under His feet is another. The former is Christ's transcendency; the latter is the subjection of all things to Him. Here we see the subduing power, the power to subdue all things.1970-01-0129 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsBEING ENLIGHTENED TO KNOW THE HOPEOur hope is singly and uniquely Christ. Every aspect of our hope is related to Him. What a Christ we have within us. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, the firstborn from among the dead, the reality of all positive things... If we see the vision that the all- inclusive Christ who indwells us is our hope of glory, our living will be revolutionized.1970-01-0128 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsGod’s Divine Attributes Expressed in Our Human VirtuesThe riches of God's glory are the many different items of His divine attributes, such as light, life, power, love, humility, patience, righteousness, and holiness, expressed in different degrees. Since glory is God's expression, the riches of glory are the riches of God's expression. I specifically use the word "divine" because we were made in such a way as to have the form of the divine things.1970-01-0133 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsEXALTING CHRIST IN OUR EXPERIENCEMy burden in this message is to relate the exaltation of Christ to our spiritual experience. God has already exalted Christ, but have you exalted Him? Christ has been exalted in the universe, but has He been exalted in you? The problem is that Christ has been exalted everywhere except in you1970-01-0142 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsGROWTH BEING THE DECREASE TO SELFWe have mentioned the positive aspect of spiritual progress, which is the increase of the element of God in us. Now let us look at the negative aspect of spiritual progress. Spiritual progress on the negative side is the shedding of certain things from us, that is, from our inner being. As soon as something is shed from us, we have spiritual progress. When something that usurps God's place is shed from us, we have spiritual progress.1970-01-0133 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA CHRISTIAN IS ONE WITH CHRIST INWARDLYThe Bible shows us clearly through this contrasts the fact that Christianity is not a matter of outward Rules & regulations, forms/procedures, methods, and ceremonies but a matter of the inner life. Christianity is not an outward religion or a product of the human mind; Christianity is an inward revelation and a religion of life.1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsJESUS BECOMING THE ALL-INCLUSIVE SPIRIT FOR US TO APPLYIn eternity past God existed alone. Then, in time, He created all things. At a certain point in history, this creating God, the Creator of all, became a man. This crucial step is called incarnation. By means of incarnation, God put on man with all of creation, for man is the head of creation. The Lord Jesus, God incarnate, lived on earth for thirty-three and a half years. When He was crucified, all creation was crucified with Him. This means that not only did Christ go to the cross, but the very man God had put on Himself with the...1970-01-0129 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE FAILURE OF OUR NATURAL LIFE IN FOLLOWING THE LORDBy our natural life it is not possible for us to be the kingdom people. This fact is made abundantly clear in 26:31- 75. Here we have a picture of the arrest and judgment of Christ. This record reveals that no one can follow Christ on the pathway of the cross by the natural life. The King can take this pathway, but we in our natural life cannot. Therefore, the Lord must die for us and enter into resurrection for us.1970-01-0126 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsCHRIST MANIFESTING HIS GLORY BY CHANGING DEATH INTO LIFE.Often we are exactly like the mother of Jesus. We are today’s Mary, praying as a natural man according to our natural life. Frequently the Lord will allow the wine in certain situations to run out in order that He might have an opportunity to change death into life. Even in a local church, the Lord may allow the situation to go into death. Even in Marriage, in Business, etc the Lord may allow the situation to go into death1970-01-011h 01Experiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsCHRIST BECOMING EVERY THING TO US IN OUR EXPERIENCEMany things in our environment of daily living are also shadows of Christ. For example, the food we eat is a shadow, not the real food. The real food is Christ. Christ is also the real drink. The clothing we wear to cover us, to beautify us, and to keep us warm is also a shadow of Christ. Christ is the One who truly covers our nakedness, who keeps us warm, and who imparts beauty to us1970-01-0125 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsLIFE’S PURPOSE IS TO BUILD & CLEANSE THE HOUSE OF GOD.Life is for God’s temple. In other words, life is for God’s building. The Reason why the Lord is changing water into wine, we saw the principle of life, that is, to change death into life. Now, in the case of the dealing with the temple, we see the goal, the purpose of life, that is, to build the house of God. So we emphasize Life & Building in our messages1970-01-011h 00Experiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsPARTAKING OF CHRIST IN THE LIGHTWhen we were saved, we had a sense of the sweetness of Christ. Deep within, we realized how enjoyable Christ is. Then...many of us were distracted and led away from the enjoyment of Christ. We turned from the inner sense of the sweetness of Christ to religious duty. This brought us into darkness again, and the inward shining ceased.1970-01-0128 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE INCREASE OF CHRISTWe must let Christ increase. We all must decrease. The entire following must go to Him. If all of today’s Christian preachers and leaders would say, “Lord, let my following be Yours that You may increase and that I may decrease,” there would be no problem. Some people seem to say, “He must increase, and I must decrease, but I must hold my following.” As long as you hold your following, you will never decrease and He cannot increase. The increase or the decrease all depends upon the following. To whom does the following belong? This is the problem today: eve...1970-01-0159 minFreedom Experience Ministry Lunch Hour FellowshipsFreedom Experience Ministry Lunch Hour FellowshipsLUNCH HOUR-OBEDIENCE TO LIFE'S WORDJohn 9:7-8 The anointing of the Spirit of life means that you are always in the position of being sent. The anointing puts us on the ground of being sent. Therefore, we must obey. The Lord Himself always stood on the ground of being sent by the Father and He was always obedient. Now the Lord puts us in the same position as His sent ones. After we receive the Lord in His Word and have His anointing, He puts us in the position of being sent. We must now be obedient to His sending.1970-01-0159 minFreedom Experience Ministry Lunch Hour FellowshipsFreedom Experience Ministry Lunch Hour FellowshipsLUNCH HOUR-YOUR SITUATIONS SHALL MANIFEST GOD'S GLORYWhen we were sinners, we lost our sight and could not see anything. Our blindness was due to our sinful nature. In chapter nine the man was born blind, signifying that blindness is in the nature of a person when he is born (we have many aspects of blindness in us and this is why we need to experience Christ as our light. We sinners were blind by nature because we were born that way. Have you ever realized that every sinner was born blind? Therefore, if we confess that we are sinful, we must also admit that we are...1970-01-011h 07Freedom Experience Ministry Lunch Hour FellowshipsFreedom Experience Ministry Lunch Hour FellowshipsLUNCH HOUR-IAM HE...I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEEI AM HE. I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE John 9:9- The Lord will not only open your Eyes but he will also change your status, your countenance, your position. A Visitation from the Lord Can Change Your Story, A Divine Encounter with the Christ Can Turn Around your Life. The Secret to this is Listening to the Life giving & Creative Word, Obeying the Command to Go, putting your Faith in Action to Wash in Siloam, and knowing what to do and what say the moment you receive the light of life and recover your spiritual sight.1970-01-0158 minFreedom Experience Ministry Lunch Hour FellowshipsFreedom Experience Ministry Lunch Hour FellowshipsLUNCH HOUR-CHRIST OUR SATISFACTIONThe thirst of this Samaritan woman had led her to many wrong things, such as having five husbands and living with a man who was not her husband. That was the kind of life she found herself in. She sought the physical things to satisfy her, but found only dissatisfaction. The six men represent the physical and material things, which could never satisfy people.1970-01-0157 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA Reminder Concerning the Word of GodThese three scriptures, interspersed in our previous meditations, indicate how God wants to use His word to impact us with His grace. The first passage describes God's word as "the word of His grace." God explains His grace to us through His word. He offers his grace to us through His word. He works His grace within us as we are nurtured in His word, trusting in what the Lord has to say to us.1970-01-0115 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsDeep Calls Unto Deep Pt 7Psalm 42:7 says, "Deep calls unto deep." Only a call from the depths can provoke a response from the depths. Nothing shallow can ever touch the depths, nor can anything external touch the inward parts. Only the deep will respond to the deep. Anything that does not issue from the depths cannot touch the depths. Others can respond deep within to only what issues from deep within us. When we go to a certain place and listen to a message, the only thing that touches us is something that has issued from the depths of others. If nothing comes from the...1970-01-0114 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsKINGDOM CITZENS BEING THE SALT OF THE EARTHKINGDOM CITZENS ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH. For the kingdom people to become tasteless means that they have lost their salting function. They have become the same as the earthly people, with nothing to distinguish them from unbelievers. To become tasteless is to lose the distinction between us and the worldly people. It is to become the same as the worldly ones.1970-01-0129 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE LOVE OF MONEY A ROOT OF ALL EVILSTHE LOVE OF MONEY...A ROOT OF ALL EVILS. The thing that touches us the most is money. Hence, we must first learn righteousness in the way we deal with money. We cannot spend other people's money, much less can we steal money from others. We cannot turn other people's money into our own by improper means. Turning what is not ours into something that is ours through any improper means or in any subconscious way is unrighteousness.1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsLIVING BY THE DIVINE LIFE IN SPIRITLIVING BY THE DIVINE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. Hallelujah, I am under the principle of faith, and I have the life of my heavenly Father within me! This life is nothing other than the Father's dear Son. I am now living by this life in my spirit and walking according to the spirit1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsA NEW WINE SKIN NEEDED FOR THE NEW WINEA NEW WINE SKIN NEEDED FOR THE NEW WINE Old wineskins signify religious practices, such as the fasting held by the Pharisees in the old religion and the disciples of John in the new religion. All religions are old wineskins.1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsLUNCH HOUR-OBEDIENCE TO LIFE'S WORDJohn 9:7-8 The anointing of the Spirit of life means that you are always in the position of being sent. The anointing puts us on the ground of being sent. Therefore, we must obey. The Lord Himself always stood on the ground of being sent by the Father and He was always obedient. Now the Lord puts us in the same position as His sent ones. After we receive the Lord in His Word and have His anointing, He puts us in the position of being sent. We must now be obedient to His sending.1970-01-0159 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsLUNCH HOUR-YOUR SITUATIONS SHALL MANIFEST GOD'S GLORYWhen we were sinners, we lost our sight and could not see anything. Our blindness was due to our sinful nature. In chapter nine the man was born blind, signifying that blindness is in the nature of a person when he is born (we have many aspects of blindness in us and this is why we need to experience Christ as our light. We sinners were blind by nature because we were born that way. Have you ever realized that every sinner was born blind? Therefore, if we confess that we are sinful, we must also admit that we are...1970-01-011h 07Experiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsLIVING A HIGHER LIFEIn order to live up to a moral standard higher than that of the old law, you must overcome your temper and your lusts. You may say that this is not easy to do. Right, it is not easy. This is why you need Christ. This is why you need another life. Gal 2:20 How we need to stay with Christ! We must contact Him not only day by day, but even hour by hour.1970-01-0132 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsCHRIST AS OUR GARMENTThe unshrunk/new cloth signifies Christ from His incarnation to His crucifixion as a piece of new cloth, untreated, unfinished; whereas the new garment in Luke 5:36 signifies Christ, after being treated in His crucifixion, as a new robe.1970-01-0137 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsBEING QUALIFIED BY HAVING A NEW GARMENTThe Lord tells us that the Bridegroom is with us. But look at yourself--do you deserve His presence? Do you think that your real condition in the eyes of God is worthy of the presence of the Bridegroom? We must all answer, "No." All we have and all we are does not deserve the Lord's presence. To enjoy the Lord's presence we need certain qualifications;1970-01-0139 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsALL OBSTACLES BEING REMOVED FOR US TO BE IN GOD"I go to prepare a place for you," means that the Lord will prepare a place, accomplish redemption, open up the way, and make a standing for man to get into God. It means that the Lord will pave the way for us to be in God. But how can sinful people like us get into God? How can we get into the righteous and holy God? We are far, far away from God. How can we be brought into Him?1970-01-0134 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsDeep Calls Unto Deep Pt 6Psalm 42:7 says, "Deep calls unto deep." Only a call from the depths can provoke a response from the depths. Nothing shallow can ever touch the depths, nor can anything external touch the inward parts. Only the deep will respond to the deep. Anything that does not issue from the depths cannot touch the depths. Others can respond deep within to only what issues from deep within us. When we go to a certain place and listen to a message, the only thing that touches us is something that has issued from the depths of others. If nothing comes from the...1970-01-0114 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsAccess to Grace through Humility and FaithThus far in our daily meditations on growing in the grace of God, we have examined various areas of biblical truth: such as, the Old Covenant of law, the New Covenant of grace, God's sufficiency for godly living, living by the promises of God, and Old Testament saints who lived by God's grace. Now, we return to an extended consideration of how we avail ourselves of the glorious riches of God's grace. As noted earlier in our studies, God's grace is accessed through humility and faith.1970-01-0122 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsFully Supplied through Knowing GodOur lives are blessed whenever the Lord adds any of His blessings to our experience. Yet, there are times when we sense a need for God's blessings to be multiplied to us. Well, God desires to intensify His working toward us. "Grace and peace be multiplied to you." Drop after drop of refreshing water may encourage the thirsty soul. However, our hearts' true need may be for fountains of living water. God loves to pour forth in abundance. "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).1970-01-0117 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTriumph Living in Difficult Situations Pr. DenisWhen I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ. (2 Corinthians 2:12-14) Triumphant living is one of the characteristics that God wants to develop in us by the work of His grace. Even when we are in difficult situations, the Lord wants us to learn to walk in the victory that is available...1970-01-0117 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Sufferings that Prepares Us more Grace.But may the God of all grace . . . after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. (1 Peter 5:10) In our previous meditation, we saw that "the God of all grace" wants to develop our lives spiritually. He wants to use His exceedingly abundant grace to "perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle" us. Now, we will examine the useful (though often undesired) suffering that prepares us for this work of grace.1970-01-0113 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsThe Believer's Second Garment[Matthew 22:11] says, “But when the king came in and beheld those reclining at the table, he saw there a man not clothed with a marriage garment.” The man without a marriage garment must surely have been a saved one. How could anyone answer God’s calling, yet not be saved? As long as we have answered God’s calling, we have been saved. In verse 14 the Lord Jesus speaks of many being called, and in Ephesians 4:1 Paul points out that we, the saved ones, are the called ones. We have been called to be saved. Although the man in verse 11 was call...1970-01-0130 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWhat is a Holy LifeThe study of Leviticus, summarizes the general sketch of Leviticus in this way: “through the tabernacle, with the offerings and by the priests, God’s redeemed are enabled to fellowship with God, serve God, and be God’s holy people living a holy life, which expresses God... What does it mean to be a “holy people living a holy life”? The apostle Peter revealed two divine facts that the Triune God gave to every believer. First, we “call as Father” the Holy One who called us (1 Pet. 1:15-17), implying that we have been born of God (1 Pet. 1:3, 23) and thereby possess His holy life...1970-01-0122 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsExercising Our SpiritAccording to the Bible, man is a being of three parts: spirit, soul, and body. Many consider the soul and the spirit as being the same, but they are actually distinct from each another. In 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Paul prayed that “your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete,” indicating that the soul and the spirit are distinct from each other, just as the body is distinct from the soul.1970-01-0126 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsEXPERIENCING CHRIST AS THE CHEERING LIFEThe new wine here [Matt. 9:17] signifies Christ as the new life, full of vigor, stirring people to excitement. The new wine is Christ's cheering life. The divine life is likened to wine that has cheering strength. When we receive His life, it works within us all day long to stir us up and to excite us.1970-01-0131 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsTHE POWER TOWARDS US IS THE TRIUNE GODThe power that is toward us is the Triune [Trinity] God. This power is not only the creating power, but the power that has passed through incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. After all these steps, the Triune God comes to us as such a power. We need to believe that this power is now right within us.1970-01-0134 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsSTANDING FIRM IN SPIRITIf we would stand firm, we must be in one spirit. If we would strive together, we need to be with one soul. In our experience we realize that there is a great difference between being in one spirit and being with one soul. Whenever the church is attacked and opposed, we need to stand firm.1970-01-0129 minExperiencing Christ TeachingsExperiencing Christ TeachingsWHAT IS THE CROSS & HOW SHOULD WE CARRY ITThe cross is not turning one's feelings toward others; it is not turning one's feelings inward or suppressing one's feelings. The cross is a matter of joyful acceptance; it is for a person to thank God saying, "The path that God has chosen for me is all good.1970-01-0135 min