«　WEEK 2　DAY 5　»

　　2 Cor. 4:10-12 Always bearing about in the body the putting to death of Jesus that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who are alive are always being delivered unto death for Jesus' sake that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death operates in us, but life in you.

　　We are renewed by the addition of God into our being, by having more of the divine element added into our being. I have been living the Christian life for over sixty years, and I can testify concerning what the real Christian life is. The real Christian life is to have God added into us morning and evening and day by day. God's intention is for us to be renewed day by day. In order to be renewed, we need the new addition of God into us daily. Daily we need to contact God, open ourselves up to Him, and let Him come into us to be a new addition into us day by day. (CWWL, 1989, vol. 2, "Being Renewed Day by Day," pp. 359, 361)

　　When God is added into us, He does not just remain there, doing nothing.... God is operating within us [Phil. 2:13].... God is operating in us, energizing in us,... and in this divine element there is the renewing capacity.... We need to enjoy the renewing capacity of the divine life in resurrection day by day. This is why we have to learn to die to ourselves....Every morning we should contact the Lord. First, we have to confess our sins. Second, we have to reject ourselves. In rejecting ourselves, we pass through the death of Christ, and the death of Christ kills us. In 2 Corinthians 4, Paul talks about "the putting to death of Jesus" (v. 10). This means that Jesus, in a positive sense, is always killing us. In many medicines today there is a healing element and a killing element that kills the bad germs and bacteria within us. In Jesus there is the killing element. He is our medication to heal us, enliven us, and kill all the negative things within us.

　　God has the best provisions to help us to receive the renewing. The first provision is the cross, the putting to death of Jesus. According to 2 Corinthians 4, Paul was always under the killing of the cross, the Lord's death. The cross is the greatest help to accomplish the renewing for us. The second provision is the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5 speaks of the "renewing of the Holy Spirit." We have the Holy Spirit within us. His main work is first to regenerate us and then to renew us every day....The third provision God gave us is our mingled spirit, our human spirit mingled with the divine Spirit. In our human spirit, the Holy Spirit dwells, works, and renews us....Our spirit is the place where we receive the renewing [cf. Eph. 4:23]. Our mingled spirit spreads into our mind, thus becoming the spirit of our mind. It is in such a spirit that we are renewed for our transformation.

　　In addition to the cross, the Holy Spirit, and our spirit, we have the holy Word. The Head of the Body cleanses the church, His Body, by the washing of the water in the word (Eph. 5:26). Because I have studied the Bible for such a long time, I can recall chapters such as Matthew 1 and Romans 8. When I just think about the contents of these chapters, I get washed. When I think about Romans 8:4—to walk according to the spirit—I get washed. We all need to receive the washing of the water in the word daily.

　　Whenever we come to the Lord's table, we need renewing....The table He set up was new, and the table He will take in the kingdom of His Father will be new [Matt. 26:29]. We have to come to the Lord's table in a new way, in the principle of newness. How can we come to the table in newness? We need to realize that anything negative is a cause and a factor of oldness. Negative things cause us to be old. We need a thorough confession [of] and...dealing [with all the negative things]. Another thing that makes us old is not forgiving others. Always forgive people (Matt. 18:21-22,35; Eph. 4:32; 5:2), and always seek to be forgiven (Matt. 5:23-24). (CWWL, 1989, vol. 2, "Being Renewed Day by Day," pp. 361-362,351-353)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1989, vol. 2, "Being Renewed Day by Day," chs. 1-2