7-10-05 CBM - Sun Jul-10-2005

7-10-05 CBM - Sun Jul-10-2005

the working of the Cross --> empty vessell- >abiding in Christ ---> grow in the Word of the Lord

7/10/05 CBM morning Christian Chen

- breath well,eat well, sleep well: life of faith
- exercise well: life of love, fullness of life


20yrs Romans, 1/2 Cor; 33yrs
continuing theme - growing in Christ
1 Cor 3:1-2
law of the growth of life

the reasons of hindering the growth of the new life ? rinckles

Ephesians 33 years - Rev 2:1
- the things that is in the beginning

- the tradition of Chinese women's small feet
a piece of clothes to wrap the life within - the flesh: the only way: the oppression of the Cross: the finished work of the Cross

the growth : quality vs. quantity

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The reasons of not eating well

two reasons:
1. book of Matthew: God's work
60% direct word of Christ
some special places in Matthew only
Matthew 18:21- Christ explains the reason of forgiveness

the problem is flesh, the continuing working of the Christ: remember the Word forget the world

space for the word of the Lord
emptying the vessels
Luke 9:23: take up the Cross daily and follow the Lord
Colossians 3:16 - sit at the feet of the Lord and receive the working of the Cross

2. the buziness of our life: I am the vine you are the branches, abide in me, and I will abide in you