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The course is based on nine messages I delivered to a new church plant in 2009. It covers the subject of
living by the life of Christ in the Gospel of John and in Paul’s letters.
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Message 1: Introduction to living by the Lord’s indwelling life in the Gospel of John. A look at how Jesus
lived by His Father’s indwelling life. 57 minutes.
Message 2: Regeneration, the consciousness of divine life, and the five spiritual senses. Practical instruc-
tion on all of these themes. 45 minutes.
Message 3: The nature of divine life in Galatians. Underscores what Galatians teaches us about how to
live by Christ practically today. 51 minutes.
Message 4: The fruit of the Spirit vs. the works of the flesh. The nature of divine life in 1 Thessalonians
and 1 Corinthians. Underscores what 1 Thessalonians and 1 Corinthians teach us about how to live by
Christ practically today. 69 minutes.
Message 5: The nature of divine life in 2 Corinthians. Underscores what 2 Corinthians teaches us about
how to live by Christ practically today. 63 minutes.
Message 6: The nature of divine life in Romans. Underscores what Romans teaches us about how to live
by Christ practically today. 61 minutes.
Message 7: The nature of divine life in Colossians and Ephesians. Underscores what Colossians and
Ephesians teach us about how to live by Christ practically today. 73 minutes.
Message 8: The nature of divine life in Philippians. Underscores what Philippians teaches us about how
to live by Christ practically today. 49 minutes.
Message 9: Concluding thoughts in the Gospel of John. A re-look at the way Jesus lived the Christian life
and how this applies to us today. 42 minutes.
Action Plan:
1. Write down 3 to 5 points that spoke to you
from the audio message.
2. Read John 14, 15, and 16 and underline the
places where Jesus speaks of Himself and
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also where He speaks of the Spirit. Then
compare them.
Regeneration, the
Consciousness of Divine Life,
and the Five Spiritual Senses
Scriptures on Beholding the Lord & Seeing Scriptures on the Mind Being Renewed
the Unseen
“And be not conformed to this world: but BE
“But we all, with open (unveiled) face YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF
beholding as in a mirror the glory of the YOUR MIND, that ye may prove what [is] that
Lord, are transformed into the same image good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of God.” (Rom 12:2)
the Lord. (2 Cor 3:18)
“O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his “For then I will restore to the peoples a pure
name: make known his deeds among the language that they all may call on the name
people.” (Ps 105:1) of the Lord.” (Zeph 3:9)
“And it shall come to pass, [that] whoso- “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righ-
ever shall call on the name of the LORD teousness, faith, charity, peace, with them
shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” (2
Tim 2:22)
I don’t believe this model is correct. Instead, I “For Jehovah your God hardened his spirit”
understand the body, soul, and spirit to be inter- (Deut 2:30).
connected. And I think the NT bears this out. See
“Jehovah...saves those who are contrite in
the image below for an example.
spirit” (Ps 34:18).
“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek JESUS - Mark 1:35; Luke 21:38; John 8:2
thee: my soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs
for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no
Action Plan:
water is.” (Psalms 63:1)
1. Write down 3 to 5 points that spoke to you
“Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I from the audio message.
will awaken the dawn.” (Psalm 57:8) 2. Pursue the Lord in the morning when you
“With my soul have I desired thee in the wake up.
night; yea, with my spirit within me will I 3. Walk with the Lord sometime this week, in
seek thee early.” (Isaiah 26:9) the early morning, and fellowship with Him
as you walk.
“The Lord GOD has given me the tongue
of the learned, that I should know how to
speak a word in season to him who is weary. Supplemental Resources:
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Part III (free audio message)
Concluding Thoughts
in the Gospel of John
“And I will ask the Father, and he will give “After he [Jesus] had dismissed them, he
you another Counselor to be with you forever went up on a mountainside by himself to
– the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept pray. When evening came, he was there
him, because it neither sees him nor knows alone.” (Matt. 14:23)
him. But you know him, for he [the Spirit]
“Very early in the morning, while it was still
lives with you and will be IN you. I will not
dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went
leave you as orphans; I [Jesus] will come to
off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”
you. Before long, the world will not see me
(Mark 1:35)
anymore, but you will see me. Because I live,
you also will live. On that day you will realize “After leaving them, he went up on a moun-
that I am in my Father, and you are in me, tainside to pray.” (Mark 6:46)
and I am IN you.” (John 14:16-20)
“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places
“Then Jesus was LED BY the Spirit into the and prayed.” (Luke 5:16)
desert to be tempted by the devil.” (Matt. 4:1)
“One of those days Jesus went out to a
“The Spirit then COMPELLED Jesus to go mountainside to pray, and spent the night
into the wilderness.” (Mark 1:12) praying to God.” (Luke 6:12; see also Luke
9:18, 28; 11:1; 22:32, 41; John 17:1ff.)
“But there were certain of the scribes sit-
ting there, and REASONING in their hearts, “Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said,
Why doth this man thus speak blasphe- “Father, thank you for hearing me. You
mies? Who can forgive sins but God only? always hear me, but I said it out loud for the
And immediately when Jesus PERCEIVED in sake of all these people standing here, so
his spirit that they so reasoned within them- that they will believe you sent me.”” (John
selves, he said unto them, Why reason ye 11:41-42)
these things in your hearts?” (Mark 2:6-8)
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“Then there arose a REASONING among
them, which of them should be greatest.
Action Plan:
And Jesus, PERCEIVING the thought of their
heart, took a child, and set him by him.” 1. Write down 3 to 5 points that spoke to you
(Luke 9:46-47) from the audio message.
2. For the next 20 days, read and do each
“And they REASONED among themselves, of the exercises found in When the Pages
saying, It is because we have taken no Are Blank.
bread. Which when Jesus PERCEIVED, he