God desires to express
himself through man
(Rom. 8:29) for this
purpose, he created man
in his own image (Gen.
1:26) so also man is made
in the image of God to
contain God. by receiving
God as his content, man
can express God (2 cor. 4:7)
Man
the fulfill his plan, God made man
as a vessel(Rom. 9:21-24)and the
human spirit, the innermos part
of man. was made to contact and
received God himself. (john. 4:24)
man was created not erely to
contain food in his stomach or to
contain knowledge in his mind,
but to contain God in his spirit
(Eph. 5:18)
man's fall
but before man coul
received God as life into
his spirit, sin entered into
him. (Rom. 5:12) sin
deadened his spirit. (Eph.
2:1), made him an enemy
of God in his mind.(col.
1:21), and transmuted
him body into sinfull
flesh.(Gen 6:3; Rom
6:12)thus,damage all
three part of
man,alienating him from
God. in this condition,
man could not receive
God
christ's redemption
for God's dispensing
in order to accomplish his
plan, God firs become a
man called jesus christ.
(john. 1:1,14), then christ
died on the cross to
redeem man. (Eph. 1:7),
thus taking away his sin
and bringing him back to
God (john 1:19; Eph. 2:13).
finally, in resurrection, he
became the life-giving
spirit so that he could
disprnse his insearchably
rich lif into man's spirit. (1
cor. 15:45b; jonh 20:22;
3:6)
God's full salvation
it is that process in which
man gives body. mind an
soul to the lords an his
baptized and to which
his faith extends
man's regeneration
regeneration is called how to
be born again because man
can receive the life of God in
his spirit. (1 pet. 1:3; john. 3:3)