The Christian Faith Podcast

Christ In You: The Need for Ministry (3)

Which ministry we choose to receive will to a large extent decide our life. Those who receive the ministry of the pope will be Catholics, those who receive what Mohamed taught will be Muslims, etc. For those of us who are Bible-believing Christians, the ministry we choose to receive will to a large extent determine how well we are able to go on with the Lord.So, in this episode I share how I came to appreciate the ministry of Witness Lee, and testify of the help I received through him. He labored to bring the saints into the experience of Christ living within us as our hope of glory (Col. 1:27), which is the central point of the entire Bible. This was an enormous help to me personally in my walk with the Lord, and while we do not exalt any man, I am so very grateful to the Lord for allowing me to receive this help, and to Brother Lee for serving us as he did.
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VideoHow I Found the New Testament Fellowship
Previous Episodes of the PodcastEpisode #80: The Bible in One VerseEpisode #81: Christ In You: The Need for Ministry (1)Episode #82: “Christ In You: The Need for Ministry” (2)
Publications
Witness LeeThe All-Inclusive ChristThe Life and Way for the Practice of the Church Life
Watchman NeeThe Orthodoxy of the Church
David CanfieldWritings on the Turmoil Among the Churches
Bible VersesSee Episode #83: “Christ In You: The Need for Ministry” (3)
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Recorded in Chicago, Illinois Wednesday, 13 March 2024

Christ In You: The Need for Ministry (2)

In the 20th century the Lord used two of His servants, Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, in a unique way to help the saints into the experience of Christ as their life, and as their indwelling hope of glory (Col. 1:27).In the previous episode I shared my experience of how I came to appreciate the ministry of the first of these brothers, Watchman Nee. Now in this episode I begin to share about Witness Lee, testifying first to how much I appreciate the help I received from him in my Christian life, and then going on to deal with some specific objections people have regarding his ministry.
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Previous EpisodesEpisode #80: The Bible in One VerseEpisode #81: Christ In You: The Need for Ministry (1)
Brief Notes Note #16: “The Bible in One Verse”
Publications
David CanfieldWritings on the Turmoil Among the Churches, Full VersionWritings on the Turmoil Among the Churches, Abridged VersionDownload the Intro to this book in PDF FormatA Bible Study Chart: God’s Full Salvation
Witness LeeThe All-Inclusive Christ
Bible VersesSee Episode #82: “Christ In You: The Need for Ministry” (2)
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Recorded in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Christ In You: The Need for Ministry (1)

In Colossians 1:27 the Apostle Paul tells us, in a concise way, what is the central point of the entire Bible: “Christ in You, the hope of glory.” But how can we enter into the experience of Christ living within us? The New Testament makes it clear that for this to happen there must be, first of all, brothers raised up as servants of the Lord to help us in this regard (cf. Col. 1:24-29).In the 20th century the Lord used two brothers in particular in this way, Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. So, in this episode I first share about the need for such ministers, and then begin to share my own experience of how I came to appreciate the ministries of these two brothers.
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Previous EpisodesEpisode #7: The Way of Transformation.
Brief Notes Note #16: “The Bible in One Verse”
BooksWatchman Nee, Changed into His Likeness.Watchman Nee, Full of Grace & Truth, Vol. 1A.T. Pierson, George Muller of Bristol.A.W. Tozer, The Old Cross and the New
VideosHow I Became a ChristianHow I Found the New Testament Fellowship
Bible VersesSee Episode #81: “Christ In You (1): The Need for Ministry (1)”
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RecordingChicago, Illinois Wednesday, 28 February 2024

The Bible in One Verse

Have you ever asked yourself, What is the Bible all about? Or, to put it another way, What is the central thing in the entire Bible? How would you answer that question?Fortunately, we don’t have to guess, because there is one verse in the New Testament that tells us, very specifically, what the Bible is all about, namely, Christ and our relationship with Him.In this episode we consider the verse in the New Testament that makes this clear, and which helps us understand just what is our relationship with Christ. 
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODEBrief Notes on the Christian LifeNote #16: “The Bible in One Verse”
BookWitness Lee, The All-Inclusive Christ
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BIBLE VERSES REFERENCEDIN THIS EPISODE
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:Episode #80: “The Bible in One Verse”
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This edition of the program was recorded in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, 22 February 2024.

God’s Purpose (2): Christ Enlarged in Our Experience

As the believers in Christ, we should always grow and be enlarged in our experience of Christ as our life, and in our realization and enjoyment of Christ as everything to us.This is just like the Children of Israel in the Old Testament, in their journey from Egypt to the Good Land: In each stage of their journey, their experience of God’s provision for them, and of His purpose for them, became richer and higher.So, in this episode of the podcast we consider how their journey typifies our experience of being enlarged in Christ.
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODEPrevious Podcasts            Episode #78: “God’s Purpose & Our Growth In Christ”
BooksWitness Lee,The All-Inclusive Christ
David Canfield,Writings on the Turmoil Among the Churches, Full VersionWritings on the Turmoil Among the Churches, Abridged VersionDownload the Intro to this book in PDF Format
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BIBLE VERSES REFERENCEDIN THIS EPISODE
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:Episode #79: “God’s Purpose (2): Christ Enlarged in Our Experience”
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This edition of the program was recorded in Chicago, Illinois on the Lord’s Day, 4 February 2024.

God’s Purpose (1): Our Destiny & Christ as Our Good Land

God created the universe for the sake of His purpose (Rev. 4:11), but as the believers in Christ, do we really understand what that purpose is? We should not think it is just to save us from eternal damnation, or that we would go to heaven.Rather, it is so much higher than that: God has predestined us to be conformed to the image of Christ so we would be His many brothers (Rom. 8:29, Eph. 1:5), and together become God’s eternal dwelling place! For this, we must enter into Christ and allow Him to be everything to us, just as God wanted the Children of Israel to enter into the Good Land so they could build up the temple as God’s Old Testament dwelling place.
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE
Podcast Episode #67: The Heaven Drug; or, Why I’m Not Going to Heaven
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BIBLE VERSES REFERENCEDIN THIS EPISODE
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:
Episode #78: “God’s Purpose (1): Our Destiny & Christ as Our Good Land”
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This edition of the program was recorded in Chicago, Illinois on the Lord’s Day, 4 February 2024.

Spiritual Zombies Versus Living in Christ

One of great truths of the Christian life is that, as the believers in Christ, we are now “in Christ” (1 Cor. 1:30, Eph. 1:3, etc.). Even our redemption, as we can see from the type of the Passover, is in Christ; we are not redeemed apart from Christ (Eph. 1:7).In contrast, if we feel that, because we are under the blood, we can now live the Christian life apart from Christ, we are actually living as “spiritual zombies”; that is, we are trying to live the Christian life without having the divine life of Christ, and that can only end in failure.So, we need to tell the Lord: Give me a vision of the fact that I am now “in Christ”; Amen!
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE
Previous Podcasts
Episode #75: The Passover (1) Episode #76: The Passover (2)
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BIBLE VERSES REFERENCEDIN THIS EPISODE
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:
Episode #77: “Spiritual Zombies Versus a Living in Christ”
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This edition of the program was recorded in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, 23 January 2024.

The Passover (2)

In the entire Bible the fullest, most complete picture of the redemptive work of Christ in is the Passover, through which God rescued the Children of Israel from slavery in Egypt. In the New Testament we have the plain words concerning redemption, which give us the proper teachings about this matter, but our understanding of redemption, and how it is applied to us, will become much richer as we consider the Passover.
So, in this podcast we continue with our study of the Passover, by considering, first, the difference between what the Israelites were told to do on the outside of their house, and what they were told to do within their house, to keep the Passover. We also consider who was qualified to eat of the Passover, as well as how, after we keep the Passover, we must also keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
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Previous PodcastsEpisode #75: The Passover (1)
Notes“The Passover: Without and Within the House” (1)
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BIBLE VERSES REFERENCEDIN THIS EPISODE
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:Episode #76: “The Passover” (2)
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This edition of the program was recorded in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, 12 January 2024.

The Passover (1)

In the entire Bible, the fullest, most complete picture of the redemptive work of Christ in is the Passover, through which God rescued the Children of Israel from slavery in Egypt. In the New Testament we have the plain words concerning redemption, which give us the proper teachings about this matter, but our understanding of redemption, and how it is applied to us, will become much richer as we consider the Passover.So, in this podcast we do a brief, verse-by-verse study of the instructions God gave Moses regarding the Passover in Exodus 12:1-13, as well as Moses’ own word concerning it in Exodus 12:21-23.
LENGTH: 39 Minutes
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Previous Podcasts
Episode #54: “Out of Egypt”: (1) The Struggle to Forsake the WorldEpisode #55: “Out of Egypt”: (2) Bargaining With PharaohEpisode #57: Our Heart, Leaving Egypt, & Lot’s ChoiceEpisode #74: “Out of Egypt” (3)
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BIBLE VERSES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, go to Episode #75: “The Passover” (1)
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This edition of the program was recorded in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, 3 January 2024.

“Out of Egypt” (3)

Of all the books of the Bible, Exodus gives us the fullest picture of God’s redemptive work. This book begins with God’s people in slavery in Egypt, but ends with the glory of God appearing among His people in the tabernacle in the wilderness; what a wonderful picture of redemption is this!
From this we see that the purpose of Christ’s redemptive work in the New Testament is not merely to save us from our sins, but to deliver us from the world (Acts 2:40, Gal. 1:4), today’s Egypt, and the authority of Satan, today’s Pharaoh (John 12:31; 2 Cor. 4:4), so God can gain His kingdom on the earth and build up the church as His dwelling place.So, in this podcast we come once again to the book of Exodus, focusing on the struggle the Children of Israel went through to leave Egypt behind, including how Pharaoh bargained with Moses, offering him compromises to get the Children of Israel to stay in the land.All of this provides many important lessons for us as those who seek to follow Christ today (1 Cor. 10:5-6).
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Previous Podcasts
Episode #54: “Out of Egypt”: (1) The Struggle to Forsake the WorldEpisode #55: “Out of Egypt”: (2) Bargaining With PharaohEpisode #57: Our Heart, Leaving Egypt, & Lot’s Choice
Books
C.H. Mackintosh, Genesis to Deuteronomy: Notes on the PentateuchC.I. Scofield, The Old Scofield Study Bible, 1917 Edition
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BIBLE VERSES
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:
Episode #74: “Out of Egypt” (3)
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This edition of the program was recorded in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, 16 December 2023.