Three-Layer Spiritual Structure Table (The spiritual life path from
Soul Life → Cross → Sacrifice Life → Overcomer)
Matthew 16:23 But he turned to Peter and said, “Get behind me,
Satan! You are my stumbling block, for you set
your mind on human things, not on the things of God.”
Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me,
he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and
mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—even his own soul
and life—he cannot be my disciple.”
Luke 9:23 Jesus also said to the crowd, “If anyone would come after
me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
|
Layer |
Spiritual Stage |
Life Characteristic |
Main Problem / Experience |
God’s Work |
Spiritual Result |
Key Scriptures |
|
Layer 1 |
Soul-Life (Self-Life) |
Living by
natural ability, wisdom, and zeal |
Satan is joined to
man’s soul-life causing self-reliance |
God exposes the self and natural
life |
Man realizes the weakness of the
self |
Matt. 16:23-24 |
|
Layer 2 |
The Work of
the Cross |
Denying the
self and taking up the cross |
Natural ability and
fleshly strength are broken |
The cross
deals with the natural life |
Only what is
from God remains |
Luke 9:23; Gal. 2:20 |
|
Layer 3 |
Drink
Offering Life |
Christ fills
and saturates the believer |
Living no
longer for oneself |
Christ pours
Himself into the believer |
Becoming an
overcomer who satisfies God |
Phil. 2:17; 2 Tim. 4:6;
Rev. 12:11 |
*Integrated
Spiritual Insight (Key Point)
The whole Bible reveals a spiritual progression of life:
Soul-life → The Cross →
The Drink Offering Life → The Overcomers
The spiritual principles are:
- If the soul-life is not dealt with → Satan has
ground.
- If the soul-life is put to
death by the cross → The life of Christ is
manifested.
Therefore:
The cross is not the goal; it is the pathway leading to the
fullness of Christ’s life.
The final outcome is:
Man is filled
with Christ and poured out, becoming a drink offering to God for the
fulfillment of God’s economy.
*One-Sentence
Prophetic Summary
The cross
terminates the soul-life so that Christ may fill us, making us overcomers who are poured out as a drink
offering to God.
*Ultimate
Conclusion
God’s goal is not to improve
man’s natural life, but:
1️⃣ To terminate the soul-life through
the cross
2️⃣ To allow Christ to become man’s
life
3️⃣ To fill man with Christ and pour him out as
a drink offering
As a result:
- Satan is overcome
- Christ is manifested
- The church is built up
- God is satisfied
This is the life
pathway of the overcomers in Revelation 12.
*Spiritual
Application
|
Practice |
Explanation |
|
Deny the Self |
Do not rely
on natural ability or wisdom |
|
Accept
the Cross |
Allow God to
deal with the natural life |
|
Live
Christ |
Let Christ
be our life and power |
|
Become a
Drink Offering |
Be willing
to be poured out for God’s will |
|
Live in
Victory |
Do not love the soul-life |
*Please refer to the 2025
Winter Training: Experiencing, Enjoying, and Manifesting Christ (Part Four),
Chapter Eight: The Male Child, the Heavenly Battle, and the Victorious Saints.
