When I was a child, I remember singing a song that says: Many people unintentionally, mistake the New Jerusalem for heaven. 21:2)įundamentally Different, Not Just a Matter of Semantics “And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. In today’s spiritual climate, there is much interest in heaven and the afterlife, and it’s so easy to hear a phrase like “New Jerusalem” and rush to the conclusion “New Jerusalem = Heaven.” Thomas Marvin sees each differently and clarifies that with this post originally titled Heaven or the New Jerusalem - Is There a Difference? While the blog The Pursuit of the Deeper Truth and Proper Christian Experience has a rather long title, and a bias toward the writings of Witness Lee and Watchman Nee, here at Christianity 201, we’re an equal opportunity blog with a bias toward anything that gets us thinking and studying. However, I noticed this 2011 piece has had what is, for this site, a fair number of comments, including a recent question, and I thought we’d make an exception. We encourage you to read them in their full context for a deeper understanding of their meaning.Although some of the articles I have written here over the years get repeated occasionally, as a general rule, pieces written by third parties do not. 79Įach of these quotes touches a profound matter related to the Christian life and our growth and experience as believers. By the renewing of the Holy Spirit, we are transformed from a piece of clay to a stone that we may be material for the building of God.”- The All-Inclusive Christ, p. But when we accepted Christ, He came into our spirit and has been continually working to transform us. Originally we are not stones we are pieces of clay. “We must not only be saved, but also transformed into the living stones for the building of God.“In our experiences of life, in our daily living, and in the activities of our work, our God is indeed a living God, a God whom we can touch and whom we can meet.” - The Knowledge of Life, p.“In the New Testament, there is some ground for gifts and knowledge, miracles and signs, but the main way for the Body of Christ to be built up is by Christ Himself as our life.”- Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vol.“From deep within just breathe, ‘O Lord,’ ‘Amen,’ ‘Hallelujah,’ and you will taste the sweetness and reality of Christ Himself.”- Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vol. ![]() Now by turning to our spirit and exercising and using our spirit, we have a way to experience the reality of all that Christ is to us.”- Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vol. “Christ is the Spirit, we have a spirit, and these two spirits are joined as one.In the whole universe-time, space, and eternity-the center of God’s economy is to dispense Himself into humanity.”- The Economy of God, p. “God created and redeemed man for this purpose, that man might be the container into which He could dispense Himself.It is simply Christ Himself, the living One, being wrought into us.”- The Economy of God, p. “Christianity is not, strictly speaking, a religion teaching people to do this and to do that.In this post, we’ve compiled some nourishing and enlightening quotes by Witness Lee from books you can read for free here. ![]() Bibles for America gives away this study Bible-the New Testament Recovery Version-as well as a small sampling of books by Witness Lee. In a previous post, we provided a brief biography of Witness Lee, the author of the outlines and extensive notes in the study Bible we give away, as well as hundreds of books that minister Christ as life for God’s purpose.
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