極大的奧秘 - 基督與教會

Two Responses to the Crucified Christ: Through the Lens of Two Criminals in Luke 23:32-43

23:39 One of the criminals hanging there blasphemed him, saying, “Are you not the Messiah?” You can save yourself and us!

23:40 But another answered him and rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, since you are in the same condemnation?

From '1 Corinthians 1:30' – Understanding 'Our being in Christ Jesus is from God vs. This Christ has become wisdom from God for us.

1 Corinthians 1:30 "But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who is made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption."

The Effects of Experiencing the Crucified Christ

1 Cor 1:24 "but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God."

1 Cor 2:7 "But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory."

Christ Crucified as God's Power vs. Christ Crucified as God's Wisdom

1 Cor 1:24 "But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God."

1 Cor 2:7 "But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God predestined before the ages for our glory."

From "Christ is the real David and the real Solomon" to "God's power and God's wisdom"

Luke 1:31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

Luke 1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

‘Christ Crucified’ from Galatians

Gal 5:24 "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions"

Gal 2:20 "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me"

Gal 6:14 "The world has been crucified to me, and I to the world"

The Key Word for Christians' More Than Conquerors – Eternal

Rom 8:35-37 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?...Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."

Heb 9:14-15 "...through the eternal Spirit...that they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance."

The Complete Analysis of Christ's Love: Compelled vs. Directed vs. Swept Away vs. Immersed

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 "For the love of Christ constrains us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but Live for Him who died for them and rose again."

Philippians 3:13-14 "Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do, forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press toward the goal to attain the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. A reward for what you have received."

Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, He gave himself for me.

People of the Flesh vs. People of the Spirit (Romans 8:5-16)

8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit set their minds on the things of the spirit.

8:6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.

Five Essentials of the Eternal Covenant in Jeremiah 32

Jer 32:39 "I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for their good and for their children after them."

Jer 32:40 "I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good."

Jer 32:40-41 "I will not turn away from doing them good... I will rejoice over them to do them good."

Divine Capacity vs. Function vs. Ability vs. Performance

Jeremiah 31:33 "I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts."

Ephesians 4:11 "And he gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers."

Divine Capability of the Law of the Spirit of Life

Romans 8:2 - "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death."

Ephesians 4:16 - "From Him the whole body, being joined and knit together by every joint which supplies the riches of the body, by the operation of each part according to its measure, works together the whole body." Grow up so as to build yourself up in love."

Law of the Spirit of Life VS Law of Sin and Death

Romans 8:2 "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death."

Romans 8:10-11 "If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."

How Christians Live in Their Spirit

Romans 8:4 “So that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing.”

Ephesians 6:18 "Pray always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit."

The Secret of Christians Being More Than Conquerors in All Tribulations

Romans 8:35-39 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?...For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans 8:37 "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."

The Only Begotten Son of God vs. The Firstborn Son of God in Resurrection

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son"

Romans 8:29 "That He might be the firstborn among many brothers"

The Beginning of the Gospel is Christ VS The Consummation of the Gospel is the Local Churches

Rom 1:1-4 "Concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who came of the seed of David according to the flesh, who was designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection from the dead."

Eph 3:10 "In order that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenlies the multifarious wisdom of God might be made known through the church."

Gal 4:19 "My children, with whom I travail again in birth until Christ is formed in you."

Romans 1:3-4 Christ the Son of God as the Prototype VS Romans 8:29 Many Brothers as 'Mass-Produced' from the Prototype

Ro 1:3 Concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Rom 1:4 Who was designated the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;

Ro 8:29 For those whom God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Christ According to the Flesh vs. According to the Spirit of Holiness

Ro 1:3 Concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Rom 1:4 Who was designated the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;

Ro 8:29 For those whom God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Christ's Identity and Attributes in Three Stages

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and reality. And we have beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten from the Father.

John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.