The Newness of Spirit Podcast

Bearing Witness of Christ in Sufferings

There is one good reason why the Spirit is called the Comforter: Because He was sent to direct us into Christ during times of suffering!  In this episode, we will look at some of Jesus' very last words on how we can expect to be treated as His Members in the earth.  We will also see how the Spirit of God is hard at work to live in the Crucified who is seated far above everything that goes on in the world.

The Pharisee and the Wanderer

In this episode we look at the familiar parable of the lost sheep.  But what if this parable is not really about that one sheep at all?  Jesus is the Great Gatherer of the Sheep, and He is trying to gather in some unexpected sheep!  His ways are so much higher than our ways, and His ways with His sheep are impossible for us to understand with the natural  mind.  May He Gather us into His way with His sheep!

Psalm 73: Transformation in the Sanctuary

We all need more of Jesus.  But that is hard to see when we think the problem is the other guy!  The Lord is so good to Israel!  He has provided His Son as a Sanctuary where we can enter, see, and be changed.  

Self-Exaltation And Sane Judgment Part 3

Our final episode examines The Parable of the Trees found in the Book of Judges.  In this passage, we find the true place of the soul who abides in Christ -- the place of lowliness and also fruitfulness!  

Self-Exaltation And Sane Judgment Part 2

Saul affords another good example of the internal disruption that occurs when we leave our place as receivers from God our Source.  Christ is our peace.  God has given us a sane mind.  But to experience these as life, Christ must be permitted to live!  May we ever be receivers as branches in the Vine.  This is true lowliness. 

Self-Exaltation and Sane Judgment Part 1

We want Jesus.  But did you know that there might be elements working in us that do NOT want Jesus?  Part of the process of being conformed to the image of the Son is dividing out what is NOT the Son.  In this series, we will see how the Spirit of God does this, and some of the symptoms of a soul that is at odds with the Lord.

Learning the Lower Seat

Jesus told us to take the lower seat.  But what does that mean?  It cannot possibly be an old covenant commandment.  Because Jesus lives in us, He must desire us to see Him as the expression of an attitude and nature that is perfectly expressed in taking the lower seat.  Here, with Jesus, we find Life and liberty!

Abiding Moves Us In Life Part 2

Oneness with Christ is not static.  The Son does whatever He sees the Father doing, and They have gathered us into Their relationship!  We move with Them as we learn to identify the movements of the Son's life within us while continuing to abide as a branch in the Vine. 

Abiding Moves Us In Life Part 1

We will ever be learning the riches of Christ!  In this episode, we will explore how Life LIVES!  While we are seated in heavenly places in Christ where the work is finished, the Spirit of God is ever moving us along, conforming us to the image of the Life that moves forward in His Father's plan.  This is not faith in a static creed, but a fluid river of life that both moves in us and moves us.  

Relative Humility 100% Part 2 by Francis P. Martin

In this second and final episode, we are delighted to learn that it is possible to let Christ live even when pride tries to rise in us.  We died with Christ!  Let us consign our reactions and our very selves to the Cross and let the love of Jesus flow!