Three-Layer Spiritual Structure Table (The spiritual life path from Soul Life → Cross → Sacrifice Life → Overcomer)

 

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.