1Ⅳ If we would experience Christ as stone, iron, and copper, we must have some degree of spiritual maturity; wherever there is a matured life in Christians, the building of God’s house will take place, and the battles of spiritual warfare will be fought—Heb. 5:14; 6:1; 1 Cor. 14:20; Eph. 4:13:
2A Joshua 1:3 indicates that although God had given Israel the good land, Israel still needed to take the land; they needed to cooperate with God by rising up to fulfill God’s commission to possess the land.
3B If we would possess Christ as the good land, we still need to fight the spiritual warfare by faith in the Lord and in the principle of the Body; we also need to realize that we are not the ones fighting, for God goes with us and fights for us—Deut. 1:30; 3:22; 20:3-4; 32:30; Eph. 6:10-13.
62 The response of Israel to Joshua implied their willingness, their readiness, and their being in one accord not only with Joshua but also with Jehovah their God, as expressed by their blessing Joshua in the name of their God—vv. 16-18.
73 Israel had become a corporate Joshua, chosen, called, redeemed, saved, trained, prepared, and qualified by God, ready to go on with God as one to take the land of Canaan.
84 为要取得包罗万有的基督,我们必须作今天的约书亚,争战取得那地,并享受基督作我们的基业。
84 To gain the all-inclusive Christ, we need to be today’s Joshua, fighting the battle, taking the land, and enjoying Christ as our inheritance.
112 We need to realize that our old man, our natural man, is not qualified to fight the spiritual warfare for gaining the all-inclusive Christ—Rom. 6:6.