Outline
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The out-resurrection is a resurrection out of the old creation into the new creation—Gal. 6:15; 2 Cor. 5:17:
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To be in the out-resurrection means to leave everything of the old creation and to be brought into God.
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In the out-resurrection there is no element of the old creation; instead, everything is full of the divine element—Rev. 21:5a.
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For Paul, to live was Christ as the out-resurrection—Phil. 1:21a; 3:11:
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The out-resurrection is actually the dear, precious, excellent person of Christ, the One who, through crucifixion and resurrection, has passed out of the old creation and has entered into God—John 14:3, 20; Heb. 6:19-20.
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The Christ whom we should live is Himself the out-resurrection—Phil. 1:21a; 3:11; John 11:25.
Morning Nourishment
Phil. 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.John 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life…
To live Christ is to live the out-resurrection; this should be our goal…Our deeds and words must be in resurrection…The question is not whether a particular thing is right or wrong but whether or not it is in resurrection. This shows that to live Christ is to live the out-resurrection, to live a life absolutely outside of the old creation and in God.
In the out-resurrection there is no element of the old creation. Instead, everything is full of the divine element. This is the reason that people sense God when they are with a person who lives in the out-resurrection… His deeds and words [are] in resurrection. This is the out-resurrection in our daily life…Paul was pursuing this kind of living. This is what he had in mind when he declared that his desire was to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and by any means to attain to the out-resurrection [cf. Phil. 3:10-11]. We need to pray, “Lord Jesus, I love You in a way that I have never loved You before…In Your presence I resolve to pursue You as the out-resurrection. I want everything in my life to be outside of the old creation and in God.” (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3511)
Today’s Reading
This term out-resurrection means that every part of our being will be resurrected…The Christian walk involves a long process, and it takes us a long way. At the end of this walk is the goal at which we need to arrive,…the out-resurrection. Arriving at the out-resurrection is the result, the issue, of being conformed to Christ’s death. To be conformed, molded, to the death of Christ means that we remain always in His death. If we remain in Christ’s death, allowing ourselves to be molded into its likeness, the outcome will be that every part of our being will be gradually resurrected.Our resurrection began with our regeneration. As sinners, we were all part of the old Adam. In every respect we were old…But when we believed in the Lord Jesus, something new entered into us. The Holy Spirit of God came in to regenerate us with the life of God. Thus, by regeneration our old, deadened spirit was resurrected. The Bible says that when we were saved, we were made alive (Eph. 2:5). Before we were saved, we were dead in offenses and sins (v. 1; Col. 2:13). But when we believed in the Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit of God came in to enliven our deadened spirit with the divine life. At that time, part of our being, our spirit, was resurrected. But what about the other parts of our being, such as our mind, emotion, will, and heart? When we were regenerated in our spirit, these parts were not yet resurrected. Nevertheless, God’s goal is to resurrect our whole being.
One day [a brother] may come to see that his love for his wife should not be a natural love. Thus, he may pray, “Lord, I confess that my love for my wife has been a natural love. Grant me the grace to live a crucified life with my wife.” This is to be conformed to Christ’s death in the particular matter of loving his wife. Several days later he may realize that even his contact with the saints has been too natural…Therefore, he prays and confesses this matter to the Lord, asking Him for the grace to no longer shepherd the saints according to his natural life. He may pray, “Lord, I want to be conformed to Your death. Like You, I want to live a crucified life. When You were on earth, You did not love people or care for them according to the natural life. Everything You did was in resurrection. Lord, grant me the grace that from now on I will not shepherd Your saints in my natural life but in You.” Through this experience he becomes conformed to the death of Christ in this matter also. Item by item, he is conformed to Christ’s death. The more he is conformed to Christ’s death in this way, the more his being is resurrected. In loving his wife and in shepherding the saints, he is resurrected. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” pp. 475-478)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” ch. 19