Fullness of Life in Christ

Fullness of Life in Christ

(New Format from June 2008 - with Updates on 1st of each month)

Distance Education Studies

Written and spoken by Ken Walker

June 2008 News – New Study materials are now available. Although the original Distance Education Study Course has been closed from January 2006, and no enrolments have been accepted, a new form of study is now available.   The new form will be available in the form of PDF files, each study being about 6-10 pages.  As they become available, each unit will also be presented in audio format (MP3)  So users will be able to have the written format available as they listen. All of the original written materials are still on my web sites for easy reading – at Fullness of Life in Christ (new) and Fullness of Life in Christ (original)  and Global Good News

The new study units provides the materials set out in a different teaching format, whereby the reader may simply go through the study in the presented sequence.  I have been able to write material in this new format out of an increased depth of knowledge of my own ( in reliance on the Lord),   Each new unit of study is set out as I would use them if we were sitting down together to study with you one to one. However, the Holy Spirit is your teacher – I am just one who provides resource materials in teaching format. 

Since early 2008, I have been able to prepare a few study units.  Others units will be added to this list as they are written, hopefully at the rate of one every month, but that depends on the Lord’s guidance over time.  

May God bless you

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The new study units are listed below, with links to both PDF files and audio MP3 files. These "teachings" are not sermons as such, and so, are given by slowly and methodically working through each aspect of living as Christ intended.  The Holy Spirit remains your only teacher and guide.

Welcome     Meet the author, his websites and personal comments on these new studies in Fullness of life in Christ   PDF Link     MP3 Audio Link

Unit 1           The Mystery of the New Testament.   (June 2008)   This mystery (based on the crucifixion and resurrection) I believe is the starting point for living as God intended and as Paul taught.  Paul mentions it directly 14 times and it appears many other times indirectly.  Paul notes that this mystery was hidden from all, prophets included, until revealed to the Apostle Paul somewhere between A.D. 38 and A.D. 45.    Paul’s writings reveal that not only was this mystery kept hidden by God until that time, but the mystery was said to contain wisdom, have fellowship, be the mystery of the gospel, of Christ, of God and of His will, but also be the mystery among the gentiles.  PDF Link   MP3 Audio-Part 1  MP3 Audio-part 2 

Unit 2           Invitation to Live.  (July 2008)    During His prayer in John 17,Jesus tells the disciples how spiritual relationships are between He and the Father and how these will extend to include believers for all time, thus providing an invitation to live that way – in faith and by the Spirit of God.   The study also clearly shows how Paul was instructed by God to make this invitation available to all people with whom he spoke and outlines some of the difficulties that disciples of all periods will experience.   PDF Link     MP3 Audio Link  Part 1  MP3 Audio Link  Part 2       

Unit 3           How then shall we live?  (August 2008)   There seems to be a dilemma among some Christians about what is important in living the Christian life and how it might be achieved. The study highlights the importance of knowing God by His Spirit as distinct from knowing about God – the difference perhaps best expressed in terms of the difference between knowledge received by revelation and that received and known intellectually.   The question of how we should mature to live the Christian life is examined and how many forms of stumbling blocks will be met and overcome.   PDF Link     MP3 Audio Link Part 1     MP3 Audio Link Part 2

Unit 4           Until Christ is formed in you. (September 2008)   Just as God told His people in the time of Hosea that His people perish through lack of knowledge, so to do Christians of this age lack knowledge, which limits personal growth of disciples and of the church and the great commission.   This study focuses around Galations 4:19, where Paul teaches that growth in the Christian life is by the process (after regeneration) of the life of Jesus Christ being formed in the believer by prayer.  The need for knowledge of both forms is emphasized.  PDF Link  MP3 Audio Link Part 1    MP3 Audio Link Part 2

Unit 5    What is the Nature of Man? (October 2008) The nature of man is one of the most fundamental of all Bible Studies, or should be.  The word "nature" has to be very clearly understood, otherwise wrong conclusions can be drawn about how man interacts with God both prior to and after regeneration.  Understanding the nature of man who is born again, opens the way for a fuller understanding of how fullness of life in Christ may be attained.    PDF Link   MP3 Audio Link Part 1    MP3 Audio Link Part 2

Unit 6    Biblical stages of the Christian life. (November 2008) This is a fundamental study to understand and help us live the Christian life through the power and strength of Jesus Christ, proving a road map of the details in scripture.  From the basis of the Apostle John providing one description of the three stages, another eight sets of these three stages can be found in the N.T., reflecting all the main doctrines of our life in Christ.  The study provides charts of these which are best downloaded and printed off before listening to the study itself.   PDF Link    MP3 Audio Link Part 1    MP3 Audio Link Part 2

Unit 7    The Hidden Blessing of Adversity - God's Purposes in Adversity  (December 2008) Are the adversities in our life an adventure or just a problem, and what part does God play in these things?  That is the essence of this study.  Someone once wrote that the Christian life is not all sweetness and light as evidenced from even a cursory study of scripture.   Many of the saints suffered during Gods dealings with them.  It seems to be a way of God that He permits and allows suffering of His people in order that they be refined. He does this as an act of His love in order that they can receive more from Him and be more like Him who died for us all.  When scripture is honestly examined on these issues, some somewhat surprising things emerge.  PDF Link    MP3 Audio Link Part 1   MP3 Audio Link Part 2

Unit 8    An Antidote to Adversity - Living as Christ always intended. (January 2009)  Is there an antidote for some forms of adversity?  Or are there means of preventing the worst of adversities from hitting us so hard?  Yes there is.  Proper abiding in Christ is the only way.  Not only that, but enables us to live as Christ intended.  It is right through the NT word.   This is a short sermon of 30 minutes without the usual notes that normally accompany studies.  It was spontaneously written just prior to Christmas of 2008 out of words from the Lord on experiences in life in recent times.    In some ways it is an applicational summary of the previous 7 units of study.  In some ways it could be seen as an introduction to all these units.    MP3 Link   There is no PDF link

An "off course" study unit - True Prayer in the Spirit -  As unit 9 in the series will not be available until March 2009.  This unit is supplied for February 2009  This article describes a way of praying that establishes relationship with God first, before everything else normally done in prayer such as worship, praise, thanks, confession, petition and intercession.  Written by Ken Walker out of study of Dr Larry Crabb’s books “The Pressure’s Off and "The Papa Prayer".  Authorised by Dr. Larry Crabb to be placed on my web site.  MP3 Link    PDF Link

Unit 9   Adversity and its Positive Associations - Attitudes, Priorities, Law, Grace and Faith.  March 2009 This unit of study is dedicated to setting out three major ways in which we in the church seem to ere, possibly bringing on ourselves the chastening of the Lord, which we otherwise might not experience if we were obedient to His word in these deeper things. So this unit of study will encompass three aspects of the Christian life that do seem to be understood and not lived as the Lord would expect of us.    PDF Link    MP3 Link Part 1    MP3 Link part 2

Unit 10   The Enigma of Romans 7 - The Misunderstanding that Blocks Life in the Spirit. April 2009  Here is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, cleared of the impairments that Romans 7 seems to present. The study focuses on the Gospel as Paul presents it in Romans. In one sense it summarizes many of the other studies located here and explains how a proper understanding of scripture, based on the death and resurrection of Christ, enables us to live in the freedom of the Spirit of Light and Truth, through a correct understanding of what being dead to sin means and how this relates to the flesh being overcome by the Spirit of God.  This study goes into the detail of Paul's life and his ministry, when all the aspects of his life occurred and how this reconciles all parts of the Gospel in Romans 6. 7 and 8 with the Book of Acts.  It is probably the most important study on the site.  The PDF file is one 20 page document.  The MP3 audio presentation is divided into three parts of 33, 27, and 28 minutes respectively.  The single PDF file or all three audio tracks are needed to complete the study - better with both.  PDF Link      MP3 Link part 1     MP3 Link part 2        MP3 link part 3  MP3 Link part 4 (part 4 added May 2010

May 2009 News and Changes   There is a new study available online for May 1st.  It is Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ (both blood and body aspects)  This study is only available in PDF format, not MP3. Please read the details, explanations and available links, on either the PDF or MP3 file, which brings news on these things.  PDF Link (2 pages)   MP3 Link (just 10 minutes)

June 2009 News and Changes   There is a new study available online for June 1st.  It contains some Complementary aspects of Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ (both blood and body aspects)  It is a followup study from the one offered last month. This study is only available in PDF format, not MP3. Please read the details, explanations and available links, on either the PDF or MP3 file, which brings news on these things.  PDF Link (2 pages)   MP3 Link (just 8 minutes)

Unit 11    Oneness in Christ - The Major N.T. Theme. September 2009  Is there one NT theme that stands out above all others?   Yes I believe there is.   It is that God intended that we be one with Him.  Jesus spoke about this in John 17 when He prayed to His Father in His High Priestly prayer.  He said that just as He and the Father were one, believers would also be on with Him.   Paul also said the same thing when he spoke of Christ in us and Christ being our life.  Many other scripture are used in this study and it is easily observed that they are all saying the same thing, that God intended that we be one with Him.  What a wonder it is that the God who created the universe has stooped down to every believer making it possible for union and unity with Him.  Listen to MP3 Part 1     MP3 part 2    or read PDF file

Unit 12    Praying in and through adversity”   Featuring Habakkuk, a prayer warrior for our time

If you are still learning how to pray, especially in adversity (as I am) then this study may well provide a few answers.  When we are really in impossible situation, such as Habakkuk was, 2600 years ago, then his attitudes in adversity are so commendable, that we can learn from them today.  And it all fits with the teachings of Jesus on the “single eye” which has a very special meaning.  It is also compatible with the tree of life and the teachings of Dr Larry Crabb on the new and living way.   If you try to gain the blessings of God, rather than the God of the blessing, then you may learn something about the sovereignty of God and how we need to submit to Him in similar ways to Habakkuk, not long before Jerusalem fell in 486 B.C.  The time of Habakkuk reminds us of our own times, where the world is approaching the end of the age (not the end of the world as some suggest) and how we must be aware and ready for those times.  Jesus Christ said He would return to earth at a time we did not expect.   Surprised at all this?  So read on!    To listen to the two MP3 files, click here for the 1st – here for the 2nd.  To read the PDF file click here   

Podcasts    All these audio studies are now also available by Podcast from our Podcast site - click here