In the triune existence we are existing with God the Father, who is over all, through all, and in all [Eph. 4:6]....God is the originator of all things and the originator of His eternal purpose, His eternal economy. As the Father, God is the source of life for the Body. As the originator, He created us in the old creation, and as the source, He regenerated us in the new creation to be the church. Concerning the old creation, we were created by God. Concerning the new creation, we were regenerated by the Father. On the one hand, we are still the old creation, and on the other hand, we are the new creation. Ephesians 2:15 tells us that through the death of Christ in the flesh, one new man has been created, and this new man is the Body. This Body is of God the originator and of the Father the source. The very originator and the source are over all of us, through all of us, and in all of us.We also need to be those existing with the Lord Christ (Eph. 4:5). Our existence today must be one with Christ in the way He lives in us....Christ living in us is a continuation of the Father being over us, and eventually in us. The Son’s living in us is a continuation of the Father’s being in us. When God is over us, through us, and in us, that is Christ living in us. When Christ lives in us (Gal. 2:20a), we live by Him (John 6:57b), which means we exist by Him. Furthermore, we even live Christ (Phil. 1:21). To live by Christ is not as high as to live Christ. We need to live Christ. The very Christ whom we live is the very substance with which we exist. We exist with Christ as the living substance. (God’s New Testament Economy by Witness Lee, pp. 420-421, 424-426, ch. 41) Living Stream Ministry
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