Section 13
the life is concealed in the grain, the shell must be broken that the inward life might be released. These many grains are good for making one loaf, which is the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 10:17), the church. Formerly, we were sinners with the ser pentine nature, having nothing to do with the divine life. But by the Lord's all-inclusive death our sins have been removed, our serpentine na ture has been dealt with, and the divine life has been imparted into our being. Now we have become living grains who, composed together, be come one loaf, the church. Praise Him!
Based upon this principle, if we want the church to be brought into existence, we have to die. If we want to glorify God, to have God man ifested through us and glorified among us, we have to die. If we want to deal with Satan and his world, we have to die. It is by the cross that the church comes into existence, it is by the cross that God is glorified, and it is by the cross that Satan and his world are dealt with. The Lord clearly said that when He died, He would pro duce much fruit, that when He died the Father would be glorified, and that when He was lifted up, He would judge the world and cast out Satan, the ruler of this world. This is so brief and sim ple, yet it is so profound and meaningful. These