God’s Life vs. the Difficulties Encountered in Man

 

God’s Life vs. the Difficulties Encountered in Man

Colossians 3:4 When Christ is the life, you also will appear with him in glory.

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Luke 9:23 Then Jesus said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”

Galatians 2:20 For I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live in faith with the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 

Item	God’s Life	The Difficulties Encountered in Man
Meaning	God Himself as life, Christ living out from within man	Man’s concepts, natural disposition, self, ability, and rebellion become obstacles
Cause	God imparts His life into man through regeneration	Man still lives in the natural man and does not take Christ as life
Metaphor	Water flowing through a pipe	The pipe is blocked by stones, mud, and iron
Explanation	Christ operates, moves, and leads within man	Man does not know the way of life but practices religion
Way	Obeying the inner sense of life	Acting according to one’s own ideas, zeal, temperament, and ability
Result	Christ gains a way out and life is expressed	Only religious activity remains, without the reality of life
Relationship	Life needs a free passage to be manifested	Difficulties are the “blockages” of life
Example	Being inwardly moved by the Lord to confess to others	Refusing to confess but zealously preaching the gospel
Application	In everything ask: What does the Lord want within me?	In everything ask: What do I think should be done?
Burden	To give Christ ground and a way out	To identify and deal with what restricts life
Prophesying Direction	Declare that Christ is life, not behavior	Expose the natural man, hypocrisy, rebellion, and natural ability as hindrances
Conclusion	A real Christian is one who lives Christ	Most Christians merely do Christian work
Related Verses	Col. 3:4; Gal. 2:20; John 10:10	Luke 9:23; Rom. 8:7; 2 Cor. 4:10–11

 

✨ Spiritual Integrated View (Key Points)

1.      The problem is not mainly sin, but what is not Christ.

2.      The greatest hindrance is man’s own concepts and natural ability.

3.      The way of life is not what we do, but who lives in us.

4.      The only way out is the breaking of the cross.

📣 One Prophetic Summary Sentence

For God’s life to have a free way in me, my concepts, disposition, and abilities must be broken by the cross so that Christ may live out.

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion

The greatest difficulty to God’s life within us is not sin or the world,
but ourselves.
Only through the breaking of the cross
can life have a way out and Christ be expressed.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 5: Tree of Life.