The Deeper Life

Divine Success

Dr. Paul Rees said, “If you want a picture of success as heaven measures it, of greatness as God views it, don’t look for the blaring of the bands on Broadway; listen, rather, for the tinkle of water splashing into a basin, while God incarnate, in a humility that makes angels hold their breaths, sponges the grime from the feet of His undeserving disciples.”

—Bible Expositor

Divine success is assured through a Deeper Life in Christ( to believe in, and to live in)

23Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;

(NKJV) 23Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;

24But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the Lord.

(NKJV) 30He must increase, but I must decrease.

30He must increase, but I must decrease.

(NKJV) 10that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

10that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

That life in the Spirit that is denoted by the term “deeper life” is far wider and richer than mere victory over sin, however vital that victory may be.

That life in the Spirit that is denoted by the term “deeper life” is far wider and richer than mere victory over sin, however vital that victory may be. It also includes the thought of the indwelling of Christ, acute God-consciousness, rapturous worship, separation from the world, the joyous surrender of everything to God, internal union with the Trinity, the practice of the presence of God, the communion of saints and prayer without ceasing.

It also includes

the thought of the indwelling of Christ,

acute God-consciousness,

rapturous worship,

separation from the world,

the joyous surrender of everything to God,

internal union with the Trinity,

the practice of the presence of God,

the communion of saints and prayer without ceasing.

Note: To enter upon such a life, seekers must be ready to accept without question the New Testament as the one final authority on spiritual matters.

The passages(2 Cor. 2:12-17) of this is a clear picture of the minister and the ministry to which God has called him. It is a strong challenge for the minister to be just what God has called him to be and to do just what God has called him to do.

2. always triumphs in Christ (v.14).

3. sweet fragrance to God (v.15-16).4. stern demands laid upon him (v.16-17).

4. stern demands laid upon him (v.16-17).

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" ().

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us" ().

"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place" ().

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" ().

"And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations" ().

"He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment: and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels" ().

"Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name" ().

"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne" ().

"He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son" ().

Message Summary

DEEPER LIFE

(NKJV)Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night...And whatever he does shall prosper.

(NKJV) I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears... 7The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

Deep foundation, .

(NKJV) 11Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.

(NKJV) 46“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? 47Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock... 49But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation,.. And the ruin of that house was great.”

In-depth commitment, .

(NKJV) But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

(NKJV) For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,.. 17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God... Amen.

Knowing God’s will, .

(NKJV) Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

1Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

2But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

3He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

4I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. 5They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed. 6This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. 7The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

5They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed. 6This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. 7The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

6This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. 7The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

7The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

11Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.

(NKJV) 46“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? 47Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock... 49But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation,.. And the ruin of that house was great.”

46“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?

47Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:

48He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.

49But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”

10But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

(NKJV) For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,.. 17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God... Amen.

14For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—

19to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

21to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

(NKJV) Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

8Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

(NKJV) For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;..

9For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

The Deeper Life

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The Deeper Life

What is the Deeper Life? God is the deeper life! Jesus Christ Himself is the deeper life (; ; )

1. gripped with a passion (v.12-13). 3. sweet fragrance ["savour"] to God (v.15-16).4. stern demands laid upon him (v.16-17).

The minister(Servant)always triumphs in Christ (v.14). (,,,,,,,)

Continual communion, . Fully committed life, .

Undivided heart, . Deep foundation, .

Taught by Holy Spirit, . In-depth commitment, .

Deeper lifestyle, . Knowing God’s will, .